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Q&A: Is there a cheap way to block nuisance calls on my landline phone?

Posted on June 9, 2021

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Question from Ellen L.:  I can block calls from certain phone numbers with my smart phone, but I also have a landline telephone that I’d like to be able to do that with as well.

I receive a lot of nuisance calls on that line, but the phone company wants to charge me a monthly fee that adds up to well over a hundred dollars a year to block them for me.

Do you know of a service or device that I can get that’ll let me block calls from the nuisance numbers that call me the most often without having to pay a big monthly fee?

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

Call Control – Stop telemarketing and nuisance calls with this free Android app

Posted on January 27, 2015

call-control-logoHave you started receiving SPAM calls from unscrupulous telemarketers? Are you being called at the most inopportune times by bill collectors? Or perhaps you’re getting harassing calls in the middle of the night from someone who has made it his/her mission in life to make yours as miserable as possible?

If so, you need Call Control, a free Android app that automatically blocks calls from known “bad” numbers such as telemarketers, scammers, debt collectors and more. You can even add numbers on your own to prevent absolutely anyone at all from calling you if you simply would rather not talk to them.

With Call Control, you can set your phone to handle unwanted calls in one of three ways:  [Read more…]






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