The Do Not Call list thing doesn’t work I don’t think. After getting all these annoying calls I finally called our phone co and had the Privacy blocking installed for 2 bucks a month, All unlisted and out of area calls with no no to show up on the caller ID are refused. My phone does not ring.
The spammers got to calling us so much that they knew my voice and I was not pleasant to deal with..I yelled at them, threaten law suits, told them I called my congress critter and nothing stopped this crap until I called AT&T and put on the privacy restriction..there is one that is free but it stopped only betwen 30-40 % of those calls meaning 60% could make it so I blocked it all. I doubt spam callers or robocalls will bother with the *82 then the no to by pass it. God help them if they do. I am going to have a gym whistle nearby and blow it into the poor sucker’s ears!
Cancel your landline and buy another line on your cellphone You’ll get a free phone and pay for the $10 - $20 a month for the added line. Use that number for applying for credit, stores, etc. Then throw the phone in a drawer.