[justlurking]

I got rid of the pests years ago by getting call blocking through my phone company.

This can block legitimate calls, too.

My doctor's office has an explicit warning on their voicemail: you must disable anonymous call blocking because the doctor will return calls (after-hours) with his caller-ID blocked.

[Lancey Howard]

It's no big deal for legitimate callers to get around the call block. It costs maybe 15 seconds or so. And I was surprised at how little impact call blocking had on our friends and family. Everybody gets right through, no sweat. It seems like nobody we know has their number blocked. And, as a matter of fact, our pediatrician returned our call a few weeks ago and he had no problem with the minor hassle of dealing with our call blocking. (Apparently, he had his number blocked.)