topic Re: BT Call Guardian Service not working when moving to Plusnet in Home Phone

BT Call Guardian Service not working when moving to Plusnet

NeilB1964 — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 10:59:01 GMT

I am a recent customer for home phone (with caller display enabled) and broadband to Plusnet having been at BT for ever. I used the BT Call Guardian service very successfully with a BT8600 handset. Calls were pre-screened unless the number was already in the phonebook on the handset.

Since moving to Plusnet, all calls are now being screened regardless of who calls. If I turn the feature off on the handset, I get no caller display. Plusnet support seem to think this is a handset issue and should call BT.

Is this a handset issue do with think or is it the caller display feature that is at fault causing my BT phone to screen every call?

Re: BT Call Guardian Service not working when moving to Plusnet

MisterW — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:28:04 GMT

Is this a handset issue do with think or is it the caller display feature that is at fault causing my BT phone to screen every call?

@NeilB1964 I would say its likely to be a caller display problem rather than the handset. Its quite common, for new customers transferring with caller display enabled, that the Plusnet system shows caller display is active, whereas the Openreach system has removed it. Usually a simple removal and replacement of caller display, by Plusnet, rectifies the problem. You could try calling customers services again and hoping you get a more helpful agent, or wait for one of the Plusnet help team to spot this thread and make the changes.

Re: BT Call Guardian Service not working when moving to Plusnet

Baldrick1 — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:12:09 GMT

@MisterW

It reads that caller display is working but it’s the BT 8800 filtering that’s not working.

@NeilB1964

It’s a pain but if removing and reapplying caller display doesn’t work then I would try a reset of the BT8800.

Re: BT Call Guardian Service not working when moving to Plusnet

MisterW — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:18:57 GMT

@Baldrick1

If I turn the feature off on the handset, I get no caller display.

My reading of that was that, with Call guardian disalbed , there was no caller display.

Re: BT Call Guardian Service not working when moving to Plusnet

pjmarsh — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:24:45 GMT

It would be a bit of an assumption (though understandable) to take that as with Call guardian enabled then caller display is working.

If caller display is working at any point (with Plusnet), then I'd have thought it would be a handset issue. If it's not then probably the more common Caller display not being enabled at Openreach being the issue.

Re: BT Call Guardian Service not working when moving to Plusnet

Baldrick1 — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:51:32 GMT

I have BT call guardian, but not on a BT8800. I’ve just tried it and if I turn off the screening feature, caller display still works, only the screening is disabled.

@NeilB1964

Have you tried switching the mains to the 8800 base unit off for a few minutes to see if that changes anything?

Re: BT Call Guardian Service not working when moving to Plusnet

Gandalf — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:41:18 GMT

Hi @NeilB1964

From what I can see we've since enabled caller display on your line.

Does your BT Call Guardian work now?

Re: BT Call Guardian Service not working when moving to Plusnet

NeilB1964 — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 07:31:07 GMT

It was indeed a caller display issue. It was enabled from the moment I joined plusnet but clearly wasnt working properly. Plusnet have since reset caller display and this morning I successfully tested by re-enabling BT Call Gaurdian on my handset and calling home from a known contact..it came straight through without screening and caller display.