{"id":6863,"date":"2015-07-23T16:48:53","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T23:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=6863"},"modified":"2015-08-11T11:10:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T18:10:47","slug":"nomorobo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/nomorobo\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Down RoboCalls with Nomorobo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"guy<\/a>Steve is an avid Reddit contributor and reader, and when the proverbial stuff hit the fan a few months ago that PayPal was going to start robocalling its customers, Reddit was on fire about the topic. Since then PayPal dropped the idea. Anyway, Steve was reading the rants on Reddit and someone mentioned a service called Nomorobo that they swore almost eliminated robocalls to their house.<\/p>\n

Now I’m sure that you think you get a lot of robocalls at your house, but you really truly do not know how horrible it is until you’re home all day like we are since we retired. We get calls CONSTANTLY. You miss so many of them because they hang up and don’t leave a message. Sure it’s easy to skip the ones that have their name showing on the phone but it’s still annoying as all get out. And yes, we’re on the Do Not Call list which is a joke, I really think maybe the robocallers BOUGHT that list and use it to make their calls! One of my favorites is the American Red Cross. Sure I signed up and give blood but does that give them to right to call me three times a week? I’ve asked them politely not to call me, I’ve asked them impolitely, I’ve asked them with venom and anger, and I even threatened to tell them that I had some horrible blood disease if it would just get me off their gosh darned list! They called me again the next day.
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\nSteve decided to check into the service he’d read about, Nomorobo over at nomorobo.com<\/a>. They are a free<\/em> service that screens all calls made to the phone number you specify and compares each call to an extensive blacklist of phone numbers associated with illegal robocallers. If the incoming call is on the blacklist, Nomorobo picks up the call so it rings only once at the specified phone. If it rings twice or more, you know it\u2019s not a robocall and you can pick up the call normally.<\/p>\n

Nomorobo does not block legitimate robocalls such as doctor\u2019s office, prescription reminders, school closings, weather advisories. It only blocks illegal robocallers. Nomorobo’s blacklist of phone numbers is extensive and current since it is updated by inputs from Nomorobo users. The user can also correct for a call that was blocked but shouldn\u2019t have been. <\/p>\n

There are some requirements for joining:
\nMust have a digital land line (e.g. Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-verse, Comcast Xfinity, …). Nomorobo does not support traditional analog land lines or wireless phones at this time, although they may add service to these types of phone lines in the future.<\/p>\n

Process for joining (one time set-up process):<\/p>\n