@NYC Susan- I just now read about this company in an article in Reader's Digest and it is supposed to be the best. I may look into it for my land line. It had an unusual beginning, I've included part of the article.
Thank you for letting us know about it! People said it was worth the $1.99/mo (or I guess $19.99 if you pay by the year) for their cell phones because it does work so good.
Here is an exerpt of part of the article, very interesting:
"But the most significant breakthrough the FTC has made toward stopping robocallers in their tracks began in 2013 when they announced a contest for the best tech-based solution.
The winner was an entrepreneurial computer programmer/MBA named Aaron Foss. Foss built the first version of what would come to be known as Nomorobo, and in July, he testified as an expert on robocalling before the Senate.
By October 1, 2013, Foss had launched Nomorobo, which blocks not only prerecorded calls but also all unwanted telemarketing calls. As of today, Nomorobo is a full-fledged, fully-staffed company and has blocked over 1.1 billion such calls for both landline and mobile phone users.
“Every day, we add 1,500 new landline users, and about half that number on mobile. Just last week, about 16,300 people got Nomorobo protection. People are learning about it organically because we are not advertising,” Foss told Reader’s Digest. Advertising just hasn’t seemed appropriate, given the work Nomorobo is doing, and given their close relationship with the FTC.
But it’s both that level of integrity and the relationship with the FTC that builds confidence among Nomorobo’s users. “They know it’s not a scam. We don’t have access to their contacts. We don’t log their calls. We don’t even ask for your phone number or your email address. That’s the way this app works. That’s why it works as an app,” Foss explained with the contagious enthusiasm one might expect of a tech founder and entrepreneur.
When we asked how Nomorobo manages to only block the undesirable calls, which is to say to not block legit calls, Foss explained that their proprietary algorithm works so well that false positives (blocking of legit calls) are under two-tenths of 1 percent. “We have a database of unused or corrupted phone numbers, and our algorithm identifies whenever a call is placed from one of these; when that happens, the caller is obviously a robocaller or some other form of telemarketer, and so they end up screened. Our algorithm can also detect when robocallers use a new number as well,” Foss explains.
Using Nomorobo costs consumers $1.99 per month for mobile users, although the first two weeks are free. Although it ends up costing $24 per year, it’s an investment not only in your own peace of mind but also in working with the FTC to bust these undesirable callers once and for all. They also have an option to pay $19.99 a year per device instead of month-to-month."
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