Blocked

adjectiveStandard termTelecom & IT

A state where a call or connection attempt is rejected by the network switch or firewall.

The condition of a communication request being denied due to lack of available routing resources, administrative restrictions, or security policies. In traditional telephony, it means all trunks in a route are busy, resulting in a fast busy signal. In IT security, it indicates a packet or user session was dropped by an access control list.

Heard on the job

Half our outbound SIP traffic is getting blocked because the carrier thinks it's spam.