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Currently the best there is. Some reviews say they have had problems with it, but that was the old version. This version is guaranteed to work on all American systems as well as British ones CPR say. We have Verizon FIOS and it worked perfectly right out of the box and flawlessly. It comes packaged in a box like a cell/mobile phone does. Nice packaging and the manual is a delight! The manual is nice and simply explained, with lots of clear color pictures and easy-to-understand text. I am so used to tiny gray line illustrations on cheap paper with instructions badly translated from other languages, that this was a most welcome change. Even the text is quite large, so those with limited eyesight should be able to read it. All of the manuals can be read and/or downloaded for free at: www dot cprcallblocker dot com/User-Guide.html If you are just buying a call blocker now, you should download the manual for version v.202 as this is the model currently being supplied. Despite what you might read in some of the reviews and questions, there are some things that are not made clear and others things that have been improved and so have changed now: 1. It has a memory for 1200 numbers, but 200 of these are permanently set, so you can only store 1000 yourself. 2. You can only block numbers, NOT names like "Generic Credit Card Services". 3. You do not have to block a complete 10-digit number, you can block any length of numbers, such as an area code like "xxx", or a smaller area like "xxxx" or even a much larger area (or service) like all numbers that begin with "9" for example, by just blocking only the first digit "9". 4. You can just as easily unblock anything. 5. Despite what the manual and reviews say, mine (V.202) emits two short beeps when there is a problem, such as you have already blocked that number, or you have tried to enter an incorrect command code. 6. Be careful blocking certain services like calls without an ID - My friends and family from the UK could not get through to me in America, because I tried blocking calls without caller ID, Approximately 60% of the time it was blocking calls from the UK now. Turning that off again allowed all of the calls to come through again - I do NOT think this is a problem with the CPR call blocker, but is a problem with how the telephone companies are using different methods of routing calls overseas? As one person uses the same phone in their house and yet sometimes it comes through on our Panasonic phone with their name and number, while at other times it comes though as only "out of area" because it has not got a caller ID. 7. Block your own phone number! Some telemarketers spoof your own number to call you with, knowing it is unlikely to be blocked - They caught us out with this sneaky trick, but only once! 8. While you are at it, block all the non-existent area codes as well. Most people know that "555" is used on TV and movies because it does not really exist, but block the other ones as well. I blocked all the missing area codes from a list of all existing area codes (use a list on a website like allareacodes dot com, or a similar service). 9. I can fill up the possible 1000 numbers in under 12 months - 12 telemarketing calls per day is quite common here, and they all usually have different numbers. Blocking services are getting so good that the telemarketers are having to change their numbers at least once a week - So apart from a small handful of numbers, you only need block a number for a week here at the moment. Meaning that you can go back and delete all the older numbers you blocked a year or so ago to free up space for the new numbers - With only a few of them coming back to haunt you... 10. Some people do not like that the phone rings once before the call blocker stops the call. This is how phone systems are designed as the caller ID code is actually sent between the first and second rings - So the CPR cannot block that first ring as the caller ID has not been sent yet! HOWEVER - There is a workaround...A lot of phones now have an option to "suppress the first ring" or it will be called something similar. All this does is the phone will not actually make any sound for the first ring it receives. This gives the CPR time to get the caller ID and cut the call off before the phone would actually ring on the second ring. Now the CPR will cut blocked calls off without the phone making any noise at all, that is how I have ours set up. I know CPR read reviews and answer questions - Wonderful that they are pretty responsive unlike many companies. So I would like to make a feature request...Could the software be changed to give the option of storing the numbers to be let through, instead of storing the numbers to be blocked? The idea then would be that ALL calls would be blocked automatically, unless you had programed in their number - Whitelisting, instead of blacklisting numbers.