Nomorobo maintains a database of all those phone
numbers that annoy us. They won’t block legitimate
calls like your Dr’s office reminding you of an upcoming appointment. I was able to get my Time Warner phone setup
in less than two minutes. It was
easy.
How does it work?
I logged into my Time Warner account and went to the phone section (they
call it Voice Zone). I had to enable a
feature that allows my phone to ring on multiple numbers at the same time. I didn’t even know my phone could do
that. Time Warner allows 5 different
numbers. You put in the 800 phone number
that Nomorobo provides. Then when your
phone is called, Nomorobo will quickly lookup the phone number calling you, if
the number is in their database, Nomorobo will pick up the phone first so your
phone won’t keep ringing. So yes your
phone will still ring one time with these spammers but that’s it.
When you setup your account on the Nomorobo page, they
first ask if the line you want to use is a landline or mobile. Then you tell
Nomorobo what phone service you have, i.e. Time Warner, Verizon, Comcast or
AT&T. A detailed instruction comes
up for your provider showing you exactly how to login into their web page and
make the settings change. It’s very well done.
The Nomorobo web page is a simple layout. They of course know that occasionally a robo
call may slip through to your phone.
They have a way to report those numbers on their website so they can be reviewed and
added to their database.
Nomorobo is free.
If you don’t like it, you login to the web account on your phone
provider and undo the settings change, so you are in total control of stopping the
service. I feel this is a great solution
to all those annoying calls. I
registered my phone number with the Do Not Call Registry and it does very
little to help. I reported countless
phone numbers on the government site yet they keep calling. The government can’t keep up with all these
spammers. Nomorobo is the solution.
Comcast even has a support page for Nomorobo:
That works the same as the call blocker app I got from Callercenter.com. Helps me filter incoming calls and sends blocked calls to voicemail or immediately disconnect it. Works great for me!
ReplyDeleteYou are mistaken,Gary. nomorobo is not compatible with Verizon Wireless, as they don't support the simultaneous ring feature needed to make it work. (though I am a long time fan of it on my Optimum Voice line)
ReplyDeleteThey show it on their menu, but yes when you select VW, it says it's not supported. I will have to try every option and see what is actually supported. I wish they would actually list what is supported.
DeleteI have removed what's supported from the article. It turns out they list all providers but when you select many of them it says it's not supported. Too bad because the service works very well on supported providers.
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