Robo call blockers
Any recommendations on the best one ?
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:shrug: Am I the only one that wonders..... if they could put men on the moon 50 years ago WHY can't they stop unwanted robo calls? :popcorn:
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Suggestion for people with the ability to block a limited number of calls: do that - and at the end of each year, delete any numbers that haven't tried to call you in the last 6 months. And then, every month, delete the oldest month's worth from that point.
For Century Link subscribers - you're limited. But here's this from the FCC: Quote:
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But that's only if you have xfinity landline (which is actually VoIP and not a true landline). We were getting around 6-8 calls a day til we signed up for that. It dwindled down to around 5-6 per week, by the time we moved out of state. Now we don't have landline at all, and I get around 10 telemarketer/robo/scam/spam calls a week on my cell. |
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But that's only if you have [B]xfinity landline (which is actually VoIP and not a true landline)[/B]. We were getting around 6-8 calls a day til we signed up for that. It dwindled down to around 5-6 per week, by the time we moved out of state. What is this VolP vs landline? I have never heard of this. Thanks for any info. |
Blocking Robo Calls
I use HiYa Premium on my iPhone and I also select "Do not announce Unknown Callers". This works well.
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There are alot on new phones that have a call blocker in them and they Work great! Mine screens the call and asks for a name. Haven’t had a robocall since
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Robo calls
If you have an iPhone you can go into contacts select phone there you mute calls not in your contacts or recently called. The calls still happen but the phone doesn’t ring. It has worked great for me
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We have a Sentry Call Blocker Model CT-CID868 for our land line. It works beautifully. Initially, you enter all the good numbers (family, friends and neighbors) you want to ring through to you. This is not a hard thing to do. I recall it took about 15 minutes, using the phone list on my cell phone. This creates the "white list".
For numbers not in the white list, there is a recording which tells the caller, "if you are telemarketer, hang up and take us off your list. If not, hit zero and leave a message." For calls not on the white list, we hear the phone ring once. Since we installed the call blocker, the number of single rings has gone down dramatically. In addition, if you are so inclined, you can add numbers to the "black list" (sounds a bit racists, but that is Sentry's nomenclature). For those numbers, you won't even hear the single phone ring. The unit costs about $80. |
Check out RoboKiller ~
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I wonder what system 'Robo callers' use, to stop Robo calls when they are not working?
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We got rid of our land line several years ago replacing it with Ooma, VOIP . We get no spam or robo/telemarketing calls on this line.
On my iPhone X it is a different story. I get calls from all over the world....literally. Many are sourced with the same area code as my number. I do not answer any calls from unrecognized numbers. If the caller is legitimate with reason to call me, they will leave a message. National do not call list is ineffective. I will endure the minimal annoyance until an IOS provided solution is developed...if ever. |
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Unfortunately, I get quite a few on my cell also, but not as many as my home number. |
I get at least 5 robo calls a day on my cell and nothing has worked to stop them. It is so bad that I no longer answer my phone unless it is someone I know or they leave a message. Sad we pay so much and these companies allow ( many get paid ) their clients to be harassed.
Anyone has the answer to stop these please share, the more I block the more I get. |
I've tried several things, my TV lets me know the incoming calls from my land line, if I don't know the person or number I don't pick-up. I have a old style Track flip phone turned on only when I need to make a call, and I still get unwanted calls.
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Panasonic Phone blocks robo calls
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Amazon URL is too long to post here but a search for Panasonic Cordless (KX-TGD564M) or similar will find it. |
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CWGUY, you are not the only one who wonders. If the government can't stop this simple problem how are they going to protect us from deep rooted internet things that are probably already in action taking our information from the internet and more. We are always at risk. These calls can't be stopped? B.S. If the people with the power to make the decisions were answering their own phones instead of having their Secretary or their Children do so it would have been handled already. The best luck I have experienced is the Free versions of Verizon Call Block and then the one that stops a whole lot of the ones you don't want. I would guess about 95% for me is an App called HIYA. It has changed our life for the better. I still have a N.J. Area Code and get close to 10 B.S. calls a day. My wife has a 352 area code and the amount of Robocalls is about 1 a week. I think I have tried all apps that are available and HIYA blows the others off the map. Bada :boom: Good Luck to all. :pray: They could do this if they weren't so busy with more important problems. :pray: |
In my work with the younger generation I have learned that they do not activate their voice messaging. They only text, so you cannot leave a voice msg. If you text them they will then call you back. For a landline, just shut off the ringer so you won't even hear it and then don't set up the voicemail. Problem solved.
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If your kids call - you won't know they called. Turning off your ringer and not having voice mail defeats the purpose of having a phone. |
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I disagree with the earlier poster who said that VOIP isn’t a land line. Having a land line just means you aren’t using radio waves like with a mobile phone. I don’t use VOIP or a traditional phone-company line—just a mobile phone. I guess that maybe using the phone company means you have to pay “protection” to keep them from giving your phone number to the world. |
The phone company does not give your number to the world unless your phone number is published in the company's phone book. Scam caller get your number by simply sequentially dialing every number in an area code. If the call is answered, it is recognized as a live number and can be sold to other scammers. Blocking robocall phone numbers is pointless. A robocaller can use a different caller id on every call by "spoofing" their phone number. The only remedy is to not answer any call that is from an unknown number. If it is a legitimate call, the caller can leave a voice mail. Robocallers do not leave voice mail.
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Get OOMA voice over IP. $79 on Amazon & then $75 for set up. After that it's $5.63 A YEAR for 911 & taxes. The clarity is amazing. You can also use your own answering system or choose to use OOMA. It's ridiculous what is charged. On your cell use "True Caller." Your landline should have "call blocking." I have a Uniden w/that option.
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Our land line phones allowed 60 numbers to be blocked and it filled up pretty fast. I now just don't answer the phone unless i know who it is, they only let it ring 4 times so that it doesn't go to the answering machine. We have gone from 7 to 10 per day down to 1 call every couple days and none on the weekend so I guess they only try it so many times. Cell phone is a different story, still get a lot of them on my cell.
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I have an old analog flip cell phone, so I do not have any automatic call blockers. What I did with fairly good success is to get a google voice account (free) and link it to my cell number. When I get a robocall, I go to google voice and block it, and it seems to work pretty darn good.
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Good luck getting them blocked. They use numbers unavailable or don’t show up. |
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Plus on top of that If they get hit the sell you’re number to other scammers, it will never end. |
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