Phone call whitelist?

javacowboy writes: I've been getting lots of strange phone calls lately. Most of the time, my phone would ring less than three times and then stop before I can answer. Then, a couple of nights ago, I got a call at 3am in the morning. It had stopped ringing by the time I woke up. *69 revealed a number with an area code of 632, which does not exist. I called the number, and the call would not complete past the area code.

I'm getting fed up with:

• Wrong numbers
• Wrong numbers that hang up on me as soon as I speak into the phone
• Telemarketers
• Crank calls
• Weird calls than hang up before I answer
• Late night calls
• People I know that I no longer wish to speak to
• etc

My telco charges $8 a month for call display, which is exorbitant. Still, call display won't prevent my phone from ringing. A do not call list will not prevent my phone from ringing. Getting my phone number removed from the phone directory will not prevent wrong numbers.

I want a product or service with which I can set up a whitelist of numbers that I allow to make my phone ring. Any number not on the list, or an unlisted phone number, tries to call me, and the phone doesn't ring at all.

I would pay as much for this service as I would pay to have my number removed from the phone directory.

Is there any legal way for me to do this?