landline robocall blocker whitelist - does it exist?

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

the landline gets 15-25 junk calls daily, how can this nightmare end?  The phone company could ideally set up a whitelist on their website per account, as smartphone have downloadable apps, but somehow this easy idea hasn't gained traction. 

The market for landline call blockers has a few products, but these require manual intervention for each robocall, a time consuming process while the calls continue.   One of these best sellers is:

 

but I need better,  a whitelist machine. Does such a creature exist? 

[Herbie Hancock 7391]

Who the fuck still has a landline in 2023?

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

27 minutes ago, Herbie Hancock said:

Who the fuck still has a landline in 2023?

My 80 year old in-laws don't even have a land line. 

[Jerry Callo 8828]

My landline screens calls for me somehow.  Every once in a while I notice the line blinking with an incoming call, but doesn't ring.

I thought about getting me one of those new fangled cellular phones and getting rid of the landline.

Edited April 14, 2023 by Jerry Callo

[conVINCEd 21474]

6 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

My 80 year old in-laws don't even have a land line. 

My parents have 2. One is a dedicated line for the fax machine. Even showed my dad how to turn any paper document into a pdf using his phone.  He still wants the fax machine.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10439]

Clock is ticking... you have at the very most 33 months before you are forced to replace it. Could happen any day though. Why not replace with a VOIP phone now that has MUCH better call screening / blocking capabilities?

 

[HiggyBaby 2558]

I thought everybody knew about the Tele zapper

[HiggyBaby 2558]

This could be you!

https://www.amazon.com/CPR-Call-Blocker-Landline-Phones/dp/B0191XMBV2

But yeah who still uses a landline lol

[Kennythetiger 9496]

On 4/14/2023 at 5:11 PM, conVINCEd said:

My parents have 2. One is a dedicated line for the fax machine. Even showed my dad how to turn any paper document into a pdf using his phone.  He still wants the fax machine.

IRS, social security, and hospitals still use faxes, so that’s what your dad and I will continue to use.