Ellen fumbled through cushions, found it. “Yes.”
“Oh, sweetie, I can help with that,” Latoya said. Her keyboard clattered like rain on a tin roof. “Do you have your Xfinity Voice remote?”
She hung up. Hands shaking, she opened her cellular settings. On an iPhone, she knew, you could block private numbers by toggling . But that blocked everyone not in your contacts—deliveries, doctors, her sister’s new work phone. It was a sledgehammer when she needed a scalpel. how to block private numbers on comcast
“Tell Ellen I just want to talk,” the whisper told Ellen’s mother.
She did it anyway. Star-two-one followed by her home number. For three days, peace. The private calls hit the Comcast line and died on arrival, greeted by that robotic voice: “This number does not accept anonymous calls.” Ellen fumbled through cushions, found it
Ellen flipped the toggle. The screen said . She exhaled for the first time in days.
Ellen followed the glowing blue path on her TV screen. There it was: . A small toggle, gray and waiting. “Do you have your Xfinity Voice remote
Long pause. “Ma’am… Comcast can only block numbers on Comcast lines. We don’t control mobile carriers.”