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Looking for call blocking advice

Posted on 12/02/2015 7:37:35 PM PST by Citizen Zed

Have any Freepers used nomorobo to block robo calls?

Can it be trusted when used with simultaneous ring from my home phone?

Ringing has gone berserker today for some reason.


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1 posted on 12/02/2015 7:37:35 PM PST by Citizen Zed
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To: Citizen Zed

Hammer.

Sledge Hammer.


2 posted on 12/02/2015 7:43:04 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (FreeRepublic needs your financial support.)
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3 posted on 12/02/2015 7:43:11 PM PST by PeaceBeWithYou (De Oppresso Liber! (50 million and counting in Afghanistan and Iraq))
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I use it, it works great. Works on internet based phone service like Road Runner or Uverse. You set up your service using an alternate number answer. NOmorobo gives you the number to use in your set up. Your phone rings once nomorobo picks up rhe call and hangs up on it. Excellent.


4 posted on 12/02/2015 7:45:20 PM PST by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: Citizen Zed

I started using NoMoRobo about six months ago. Highly recommended! Works like a champ.

All regular calls still get through. I’ve got our Panasonic phone set for different ring tones for Family, Business, and Work calls. I have the ringers on the four handsets set to ring for those calls but not ring for others. I rarely hear the first ring on NMR.

Every evening, I look at the call log on our phone. If any junk calls get through (one to four a week DO get through), I immediately 1) log onto NMR and report the calls and 2) add them to call block on the home cordless phone.

We went from maybe 10 junk calls a day to zero on most days. It is really a God send for those of us who still use either traditional landlines or cable TV phone lines.


5 posted on 12/02/2015 7:46:39 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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I generally don’t take calls unless I know the person, and often not then. They can leave a message or text. So I set the default ring to nothing, then assign different rings to people I want to be able to call.


6 posted on 12/02/2015 7:48:26 PM PST by Hugin ("First thing--get yourself a firearm!" Sheriff Ed Galt, Last Man Standing.)
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To: Citizen Zed

I use nomorobo and I swear by it. I’ve had no problems at all and 99+% of unwanted calls are blocked. Try it, you can quit at any time. I expect you’ll keep it.


7 posted on 12/02/2015 7:49:38 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: PeaceBeWithYou

Your robots can hear?

Weird.

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8 posted on 12/02/2015 7:57:41 PM PST by Mears
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To: Citizen Zed

check out
http://www.callblockerusa.com/


9 posted on 12/02/2015 8:01:47 PM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Why would you want to block it? I’ve paid good money for that robo dialer!


10 posted on 12/02/2015 8:04:20 PM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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Hey man, my telemarketing team worked hard to call you at every dinner time and sell you solar panels, Viagra and adult magazine subscriptions. That’s rude of you.


11 posted on 12/02/2015 8:09:15 PM PST by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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“Hello, this is Vishn-uh, Brian, from Weendows. Eeets about your computer ?”


12 posted on 12/02/2015 8:12:36 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: Citizen Zed

We have used it for about a year. Love it.


13 posted on 12/02/2015 8:13:41 PM PST by RedWhiteBlue (Mama tried)
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To: max americana

Um, which adult magazines? Do you have sales? :-)


14 posted on 12/02/2015 8:14:18 PM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: Citizen Zed

I switched to Ooma some number of years back, and couldn’t be happier with it. It’s an VoIP service, and you still pay Federal taxes on your line ($5.00 +/- per month). I also pay annually for their “Premium” service (works out to something like $10 or $12 per month), which includes 2 junk-call blocking services. One allows you to identify up to 100 numbers to be blocked. The other is a community-based (or crowd-sourced) blocking service (a lot like Nomorobo, referenced above), and where widely known robo-call numbers are automatically blocked.

With Ooma, you have the option of automatically routing them to voicemail; playing an outbound “no robo calls allowed” message and then a hang-up; or just drop them immediately. I chose to route them immediately to voice-mail, but rarely is one ever left.


15 posted on 12/02/2015 8:15:31 PM PST by Be Free (I believe in gun control. The more people that control their own guns, the safer we'll all be.)
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I have a Panasonic KX-TG6841 telephone. It will store 250 unwanted phone numbers. When they call a second time, the phone disconnects them automatically. I love it.


16 posted on 12/02/2015 8:16:41 PM PST by B4Ranch (Trump is not our candidate, he is our Special Forces unit.)
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To: PROCON

Yes, we do. Give me your phone number and ‘ll make sure they call you ;P and it better not be 8675309...


17 posted on 12/02/2015 8:16:44 PM PST by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: RedWhiteBlue
I have my harbor air horn by the phone. When I get a robo call, I answer, let the telemarketer get on the line and then give then a blast from the horn. Makes my day
18 posted on 12/02/2015 8:17:09 PM PST by Kozy
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Followed directions to nomorobo but it won’t take. Hmmmm. I keep trying. Darn.


19 posted on 12/02/2015 8:22:49 PM PST by peggybac (My boss I respect, my father I revered. Chris Rock, Mr. Obama is NOT my boss or my father.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Nomorobo is a godsend. When a robocall does come in, the phone doesn’t ring a second time. It seems that after a few months, the callers may have “learned” my number and they started leaving it alone more. I love the service. And it’s FREE!!! Sure glad I have it before the election season.


20 posted on 12/02/2015 8:28:43 PM PST by Wvoter
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