Block Robo Calls

[Jim Beaux]

I tripped over this article and after checking into it more thoroughly, have set it up on my home phone.

Nomorobo uses a service called "simultaneous ring" that is provided by most VoIP phone companies

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/bus ... s/4393949/

Nomorobo

https://www.nomorobo.com/

It doesnt work on conventional phone lines, only VOIP.

Doesnt cost anything or need equipment. It took me less than 3 minutes to activate. I merely went online to my carrier (Time Warner) logged in to my account and clicked a few links & presto.

As I understand it when a robo call comes in my phone will ring once.

[Scott B.]

I'm thinking about this gizmo for my land line.

CPR Call Blocker V202

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[FrogFan]

If you're thinking of getting something for your land line (it also works for VOIP, I think), I'd encourage you to look at this: http://www.digitone.com/

This device lets you build lists of "invited" callers; i.e., "white" lists, where anyone calling from an invited number goes through and rings your phone. If the number is not on your list, you can "hang up", or send it to an answering machine, again, without having the phone ring at all. It's a bit of work to set up, but once you do, you'll be amazed at the peace and quiet it brings to your house. I have no interest in this company except that I've bought the product and it works very well.

[jayinsat]

Thanks bro. I just set this up on my home phone. Easy peasy. Now let's see how well it works. When I switched to AT&T u-verse, robo call volume exploded!

[RoyGBiv]

Thanks for the tip... Will give it a try...
All our phones are VoIP. Work and home.

ETA: had a few small glitches with the setup and instructions.
1. Had to poke around on my voip configuration page to find the link to activate the service. The link from Nomorobo didn't take me directly to the correct location. Not a big deal.
2. When I set up my phone number, Nomorobo skipped the part where they send you a "transfer code", so, the setup failed the first time with an "Whoops" error page. I had to restart the "enter phone number" process and the Nomorobo site handled things correctly the second time.

Still.. only took 3-4 minutes to set up. Fingers crossed.

Here's a list of currently supported carriers... Not sure what you need to do if you select "other"...

[mcscanner]

I checked the webpage and its free for 'consumers' no strings attached! Free for me seems to good to be true. Only thing I can think of is the money stream to run their end comes from the business sector paying for the same benefit I would get for free.

Anyone have other ideas?

Mike

[jayinsat]

The way I see it, you have nothing to lose. It's easy to discontinue using the service if you find later on it's not working, intrusive or any other host of potential maladies.

[VMI77]

We use a manual blocker....we look at the phone number and if we don't recognize it and/or feel like answering, we don't.

[Jim Beaux]

Update- It Works! Since yesterday Ive had 3-4 one ring calls with no glitches!

[brhalltx]

I signed up for Nomorobo this morning (I have two Voipo lines). About 2 minutes later, I had a robo call from a Harlingen number. It wasn't blocked; I reported the number on the Nomorobo web site...

[jayinsat]

I have had less than 1 call per week since signing up. Before it was 2-3/day! Now all I get is one-ring calls 2-3 times/day and *poof*. I smile each time.

[RoyGBiv]

After about 6 weeks of using, I really like this free service.
Would be nice to not have any rings at all, but, one ring is better than more.

[The Annoyed Man]

I use RingCentral VOIP to handle all of my incoming business calls. Back when I started the service, I also had my Verizon land line home phone number ported over to RingCentral. Robocall numbers get blacklisted, and people I WANT to hear from get white listed. All calls to my "home" phone number are screened. Also, they are forwarded to our cellphones, which give us the option to answer or ignore. Our cellphone numbers are never displayed to the caller, but the caller's number is displayed to us. Even if we take the call, the caller sees our landline number, not the cell number. Bonus points: most of the time, as soon as the robocall detects that it is being forwarded, they disconnect, so I don't have to answer to find out if it's a robocall or not. If the caller auto-disconnects, I just blacklist the number.

By setting this up, I saved enough on my Verizon bill to pay for RingCentral with $50/month left over, and I now have dedicated business phone and fax numbers, which I didn't have before.

[Abraham]

If we get a call and the phone shows something like "private caller", I don't answer.

Simple.

All I hear is two rings and the answering machine quietly does the rest and the pest goes away...

I don't need no stinkin fancy shmancy equipment or have to install anything.

We go weeks sometimes without any sort of robo call presumably because by virtue of being in the country, we don't fall into the demographic sales/beggers/and survey types are attracted to.

[The Annoyed Man]

If we get a call and the phone shows something like "private caller", I don't answer.

Simple.

All I hear is two rings and the answering machine quietly does the rest and the pest goes away...

I don't need no stinkin fancy shmancy equipment or have to install anything.

We go weeks sometimes without any sort of robo call presumably because by virtue of being in the country, we don't fall into the demographic sales/beggers/and survey types are attracted to.

For us, the call volume is the product of owning a home-based business, of having made past political contributions, and of being a member of the NRA.