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For my home line, I use a whitelist/blacklist approach, with numbers on neither getting an automated voice prompting them to press 1 to ring through, else they
by js2 9y ago
For my home line, I use a whitelist/blacklist approach, with numbers on neither getting an automated voice prompting them to press 1 to ring through, else they end up going to voicemail. This has eliminated all robocalls for years. I use Anveo's call flow since it was dumb simple to setup.
For my cell, Google Voice's spam blocking seems to work pretty well.
- morecoffee 9y agoAt least for me, Google can identify spam calls, but doesn't seem to block them.
- cmurf 9y agoIf a number is flagged by you as spam, subsequent calls should go directly to voicemail. A robocall never seems to be missed on Google Voice. Rather they cause a 2 second blank voicemail to be generated. If you have Hangouts integration enabled, you still get a notification for these voicemails.
- melling 9y agoI got rid of my home phone 15 years ago because of all the spam calls, and it used to be illegal to spam cellphones. Now I get at least a call the week about my mortgage or car warranty. At first I explained to the people that I had neither a car nor a mortgage so I could get off the list, but that hasn’t helped.
- Faaak 9y agoMy grandma has found a very good alternative. She will answer and after 20s, will say: "Sorry, I have to go fetch a (tissue, glass of water, …)" Then she'll simply leave the phone on the table and will go gardening/watching TV. The guy on the other end will be very pissed of after having waited uselessly 10 minutes and will never call again.
- ptero 9y agoDoesn't work with robocalls though. The recording doesn't get pissed :(
- coldpie 9y agoI'm pretty sure it's still illegal to spam cell phones, but enforcement is impossible with the current phone infrastructure.