CT Communications Offers New Block-the-Blocker Service.

CONCORD, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1998-- Beginning November 20, 1998, CT Communications, Inc. (OTC BB:CNOTB), (CTC) will offer to its single party customers a new service called Block-the-Blocker.

This service allows customers to block calls from people who use Caller ID Blocking. When customers activate Block-the-Blocker on their phones, the service rejects calls in which the person calling has blocked delivery of his/her phone number through Caller ID Blocking. That caller will hear a recorded message advising that the call cannot be completed unless the caller unblocks delivery of the phone number.

Block-the-Blocker is available for $2.00 per month. Customers who currently subscribe to Caller ID service will receive Block-the-Blocker at no additional charge. (Customers do not have to subscribe to Caller ID in order to have Block-the-Blocker.)

After Novewmber 20, CTC will automatically add Block-the-Blocker to lines of existing Caller ID customers. CTC will add this feature but not "turn it on." Customers who subscribe to Caller ID should dial *77 (asterisk, 7, 7) and then hang up. This will activate the feature. To deactivate, the customer should dial *87 (asterisk, 8, 7) and then hang up.

Says Nicholas L. Kottyan, Senior Vice President, "Recently, our customers have been requesting this option. Block-the-Blocker allows our customers to have better control over which calls they take and which ones they don't. Call management is the simple idea behind all of these enhancements to Caller ID."

CT Communications, Inc., headquartered in Concord, N.C., provides a full array of integrated telecommunications services to both residential and business customers. Offerings include local and long distance, digital wireless phones, paging, Internet, data services, and business telephone systems. CTC's largest subsidiary, Concord Telephone Company, is the 22nd largest telephone company in the United States.