Vincent I have o2 and Vodafone here in Dublin. Both are Irish SINS AND i tried the hash 31 hash and it worked fine on both. It just says private number. Do not know why it is not working for you. It is the hash to the right of the zero. Eleanor -original message- Subject: [vip_students] Re: Mobile Corner From: "vincent stack" <vts@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: 23/07/2010 10:42 pm ok Eleanor my Vodafone does not work with private numbers anymore and friends of mine who have o2 phone does not work with private numbers either. i was just saying about bullying with school children. and its your progative to withhold your number if you want i just don't answer them thats all. all the best regards Vincent -------------------------------------------------- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 7:44 PM To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [vip_students] Re: Mobile Corner > > It does work Vincent from both networks as I have tried it. It has nothing > to do with bullying but I appreciate your point. I may phone someone and > may not want then to bother with calling me back or I may phone someone > making an enquiry about say a product and I actually do not want to be > bothered with them ringing me back. I have many friends who withhold their > caller ID and it does not bother me. > Eleanor > -original message- > Subject: [vip_students] Re: Mobile Corner > From: "vincent stack" <vts@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 23/07/2010 7:33 pm > > hello its 141 from a land line. and hash 31 hash from a mobile. but from > Vodafone and o2 it does not work anymore from meteor it does work. i think > they stopped it because of phone call bullying and so on. anyway i agree. > if you cant show your number why ring someone. > > regards > Vincent > > > From: albert brown > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 2:32 PM > To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [vip_students] Re: Mobile Corner > > > Hello Eleanor, > to block a landline number the prefix is 141, to block a mobile number it > is hash31hash followed by the mobile number you are calling. > Bert > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eleanor Burke > To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 1:04 PM > Subject: [vip_students] Mobile Corner > > > Hi All > In the UK when I use my landline or mobile phone, I can prefix the number > with the digits 141 to withhold my caller ID. Is there anything similar > here in Ireland? I have tried this 141 prefix but it did not work here. > > Eleanor > > >