Blocking calls on home line
 

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Here's one way.. Amazon.com: CPR V5000 Call Blocker - Block All Robocalls, Scam Calls, Unwanted Calls on Landline Phones. Block All Nuisance Calls at the Touch of A Button. Caller ID Service is Required For This Product To Work: Office Products

We use nomorobo

Stop robocalls and telemarketers with Nomorobo

We have Ooma so Nomorobo doesn't work on the $5 per month home phone plan. So we just turned off all the ringers and let everything go to voicemail. If it's not a robocall, they can leave a message. Our Panasonic phones have the option to block calls but robocallers keep changing numbers.

We've been getting calls in nearly rapid succession or at least 3 to 4 within about 10 minutes of one another. Each # is different. We screen ALL our calls but because we have CenturyLink...can't use the nomorobo app. Calls are a bit better now that the election is over. We've kept a land-line just because.......

That's an excellent device but if you have a possibility of getting any emergency calls from doctors, hospitals, emergency services, from elderly family members in group living or whatever be very wary of sending ALL unknown calls to voicemail. They often use blocked numbers or different numbers at different times of the day or night. My 91yr father was taken to the hospital in the middle of the night a year or so ago and I didn't know about it until until the next morning. I never thought about the downside of blanket call blocking. Fortunately I made it (4hr drive to S.FL) but not with much time to spare.

Those devices will whitelist (pass) specific numbers but that's often not enough under some circumstances.

We have a VOIP service that has a Do Not Disturb function and also supports a whitelist. We keep DND on permanently and have put the numbers of friends, family, doctors, etc. on the whitelist. So, when they call, they get right through. Everyone else goes to voicemail (without the phone even ringing). It works very well. The only time the phone rings is when it is someone we want to talk to. We use Voipo, but many VOIP providers offer similar functionality.
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nomorobo works but also google the brand name of your phone and click on blocking calls. You may have to block several numbers but it ends up to be worth it.

I had Voipo for many years. Great service. Was with them even before they went public. Problem is (with any "VM all calls except whitelist") services or hardware was when my father got very ill and was rushed to emergency room at 1am and I got calls from hospital on a number that I could never have known to whitelist it went to voicemail. There is always a possibility of emergency call from a not whitelisted number which is why I stopped doing that. Even if you have young family (young kids) and heaven forbid there is an accident if a third party tries to locate you you might never know. I learned my lesson the hard way so I am back to a not quite as good spam blocking service like NoMoRobo.

We're thinking of going to Ooma. We have CenturyLink so NoMoRobo doesn't work anyway. Are you happy with Ooma otherwise?

Ooma works great and only costs $4.80 per month. I set it up so the Ooma box is in front of the router (modem -> Ooma -> router) and call quality is as good as a regular landline. Of course if internet goes out, Ooma goes out. But we have Tracfone ($7 per month) for backup and internet rarely goes out.

So, you haven't said which company provides your phone service. And, many responses pertain only to a specific provider. So, why don't you call the customer service department at your provider?

Very easy solution. Get rid of home line...

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To guard against that I have voicemails emailed to me and have a notification set on my phone that goes off whenever I get an emailed message, but point taken, in an emergency when time is of the essence it could be a problem. In my case the likelihood of such a scenario is very low, so the small risk is worth the benefits (especially given the volume of nuisance calls we get).
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