Tim wrote:
Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your
landline, get your cellphone number.

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But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...


You can try and you will have some success, but technology has advanced on
the spam caller side, too.

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Keyser Soze
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Tim wrote:
Jul 30True North
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Now we can only hope that all the nuisance callers, who used to call your
landline, get your cellphone number.

....

But at least with a smart phone you can easily block the unwanted numbers...


You can try and you will have some success, but technology has advanced on
the spam caller side, too.

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Posted with my iPad Pro
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If the call comes in on a legitimate number it gets blocked. Of course they'll use another number next time. It gets blocked too. If the ID says unknown it gets ignored anyhow. I think I've blocked about 17 bogus callers on my cell phone now

On 7/31/17 8:24 AM, Tim wrote:
If the call comes in on a legitimate number it gets blocked. Of course they'll use another number next time. It gets blocked too. If the ID says unknown it gets ignored anyhow. I think I've blocked about 17 bogus callers on my cell phone now


As I stated, one can have *some* success blocking unwanted calls, but
the technology for callers has advanced, too, and callers have a way of
masking their actual phone numbers and even their countries of origin.

I do manage to block most robocalls and a lot of spam calls and in fact
can block the phone from ringing on most of them, but the methodology to
do this is far from perfect. I also block callers who hide their phone
numbers in addition to not answering most callers who don't supply a
caller ID. I figure that anyone trying to reach me who doesn't get their
call answered and doesn't leave a voicemail message isn't worth
bothering with...