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It’s
Let’s
easy!
beoffree
unwanted
calls.
Terminating
Call Manager
from Midco
Automatically block
robocalls, telemarketers,
polling services, scam artists
and other unsolicited,
pre-recorded calls from
your Midco home phone.
Add
Terminating Call Manager
$30 one-time activation fee
Call 1.800.888.1300
or click Midco.com today!
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Intelligent Call Screening
Take Control
It’s like a “No Soliciting”
sign for your phone.
Terminating Call Manager
from Midco offers nine ways to
control the calls you receive
at home. To access the menu,
dial *95 and follow the voice
prompt to access privacy control.
Despite the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Do Not Call Registry, telemarketers
and other unwanted callers continue to find new ways to bother you at home.
From there, follow the
menu options:
Block them with Terminating Call Manager from Midco® — your first line of defense
against telemarketers, polling services, auto dialers, robocalls and more.
Press 0
Block the last caller.
Press 1
Add a number to
the blocked list.
How does it work?
•Terminating Call Manager from Midco “screens” all your home phone calls.
Press 2
Remove a number
from the blocked list.
•When unwanted callers attempt to reach you, they hear the announcement, “The
number you have reached does not accept calls from telemarketers. If you are a
telemarketer, please add this number to your Do Not Call Registry and hang up now.
Otherwise, please press 1 or stay on the line.”
Press 3
Remove all numbers
from the blocked list.
•Never miss calls from important contacts such as your doctors and child’s school.
When they make automated calls for school and appointment updates, they cannot
press 1 to bypass the message to reach you. Be sure to add their auto-dial numbers
to your allowed callers list (up to 25 numbers).
Press 4
Add a number to
the allowed list.
Won’t the Do Not Call Registry protect me?
Press 6
Turn on the entire service.
According to the FTC, scammers continue to innovate new ways to work around the
Do Not Call Registry. While most legitimate companies don’t call if your number is
on the registry, scammers will.
Press 7
Turn off the entire service.
Advances in technology have made it cheap and easy for scammers to make
illegal calls from anywhere in the world, and to hide from law enforcement by
displaying fake caller ID information.
Can I use Terminating Call Manager from Midco
to block unwanted callers as well as robocalls?
Yes. If you decide to block a particular number from calling
your home phone, simply dial *96 after your call is finished
to automatically add the last caller’s number to your blocked
number list. No further calls from that number will be allowed.
You can add up to 25 numbers to your blocked calls list.
Press 8
Block private callers.
Press 9
Allow private callers.
Or simply dial *96 after your
call is finished to automatically
add the last caller’s number to
your blocked number list.