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Unblocking a phone number

If you are making a call from a phone line that has the number blocked for caller ID, and you want to unblock the number so that the caller can see you (some people only answer calls from people they know), just dial *82 before you make your call. After you dial *82, you should get a new dial tone and for the one call that you now make, the caller ID masking will be removed.
Rating: 90% positive, 31 total Votes
Categories: phone privacy
Added: on Aug 24, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Added By: an anonymous user
Searches: phone call number privacy dial

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This works. If you call somewhere that doesn't accept blocked numbers, using *82 before calling works. I just did it!
– Added by an anonymous user on Jul 29, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Dial *82... then WAIT for a new dial tone... then dial your number! Took me a couple tries because I kept dialing the number immediately after... BUT it DOES work!
– Added by an anonymous user on Jan 25, 2009 at 6:37 pm
I thought this was common knowledge. there used to be a recording saying it
– Added by an anonymous user on Mar 06, 2009 at 10:50 am
I thought it was *67... That has always worked for me. Also, if one were to be on a wireless phone, then there is no dial tone.
– Added by an anonymous user on Mar 09, 2009 at 9:03 pm
*67 is used to BLOCK a call from being seen by the person you are calling.

*82 is used to UNBLOCK your number, so that it can be seen by the person you are calling.
– Added by sodaburst on Apr 24, 2009 at 11:12 am
what if you are calling from a business and have to dail 9 first
– Added by an anonymous user on Jun 09, 2009 at 10:40 am
You dial 9 to get an outside line then dial *82 unblock - *67 block then the number
– Added by an anonymous user on Sep 08, 2009 at 7:04 pm
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