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stinkfoot63
Contributor II
6 years ago

So- what's with the supposedly new tougher law concerning robocalls and spoofed numbers?

Is it another placebo button to placate the human livestock compliments of our oh-so benevolent gubbermint or does it actually have teeth?  My number continues to get annihilated by what I'm led to b...
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KevinM2
Former Moderator
6 years ago
@stinkfoot63, have you signed up for our free nomorobo service?

www.cox.com/.../setting-up-nomorobo.html

Nomorobo is a third-party service that filters out unwanted automated calls. To activate Nomorobo, you must create a Nomorobo account, then enable the Simultaneous Ring through the Voice Tools (settings) using the Nomorobo phone number that is provided to you. Nomorobo screens the call to make sure it is valid, and if a robocall is successfully blocked, your phone should ring once. -Kevin M. Cox Support Forum Moderator
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Bruce
Honored Contributor III
6 years ago

Screening and filtering assume a known list of numbers.  The problem is these numbers are unknown.  68% of my calls last year were from one-time numbers.  Nomo can't combat this.

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      Bruce
      Honored Contributor III
      6 years ago

      Canned response.

      These aren't calls with hidden numbers or anonymity.  It's an onslaught of one-time toll-free and local-area calls with or without valid Caller ID data.  These calls have Caller ID data but are only used once.  Nomo can't combat that.

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      stinkfoot63
      Contributor II
      6 years ago

      Do you also offer bamboo cocktail umbrellas to protect us from tropical downpours?