Telephone handsets with call barring feature?

[DrMoriarty]

Having just moved from BT to UPC fibre broadband and home phone, I'm trying to pick up a couple of replacement digital cordless telephones to use instead of the Siemens one provided. I currently have one old handset — a bought 4 or 5 years ago — that allows me to set up call barring by specifying number prefixes, e.g. "08" or "15". Very useful when you have a partner and kids like mine.

UPC can provide call barring on the line, but they charge €15 to set it up and €3/month thereafter, so I'd prefer to just buy a phone that lets me do it from the handset. I've trawled through a few catalogues and downloaded user guides for many of the newer telephones, but none seems to have this feature anymore. Sadly, the Panasonic KX-TGA711 is no longer produced as new, and none of the newer Panasonic models I've seen seem to have this feature. Can anyone recommend telephone makes/models that do?

 

[hiitsonlyme]

I have been searching for one too, but haven't bought yet.
I can't post a link, because I don't have more than 15 posts here on AAM, but the Panasonic KX-TG8421EB, is available on the same site as your link above. It is a single phone, with call restriction for up to 6 numbers or area codes. The user manual is there, so you can check if it's what you need.

 

[DrMoriarty]

Much obliged to you hiitsonlyme.

Pricey yokes, aren't they? Even on eBay they seem to fetch a lot more than would a similarly-featured equivalent in other brands...

 

[DrMoriarty]

Update: hiitsonlyme, I just found http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=30001&catalogId=1500002201&langId=-1&searchTerms=5525889 (this) on special offer in Argos at €24.99. Pity there isn't a similar reduction on the http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5525896/Trail/searchtext%3EBUSH+MAGRA+TELEPHONE.htm (twin set).