On 10/9/2018 7:59 AM, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 10/08/2018 04:48 PM, 123456789 wrote:

I avoid answering those [junk calls], even if blocking is unable to
work.

FOR ME...just listening to the 4 junk rings before the answering machine
picks up is annoying. Listening to the answering machine talking is
annoying. Zeroing out the answering machine junk calls is annoying. So
killing the calls before they ring was my main goal.

That might work, of maybe they'd start calling your mobile phone.

I doubt that most home and cell junk calls are related. They likely just
serial dial the numbers.

On the cell phone my blocker won't ring the phone unless the caller
is on my contact list.

Almost useless when you get calls from business such as doctors'
offices, with multiple unknown numbers,

Nothings perfect. Fortunately my doctor always calls from the number in
my contact list. And if I'm expecting a call from an unknown number I
can temporarily turn off the blocker app (has an on-off switch).

Legitimate blocked callers can still leave a message on voice
mail.

And if you block the ring you might not get to pick up when you can
still talk to the caller.

Another trade-off I'm willing to make to avoid having to dig out the
cell phone unnecessarily several times a day.

On some the timing seems to be off, disconnecting at the same time my
answering machine picks up (it's likely a robocaller doing that).
The effect is that I get a recording of a dial tone and an error
message from my phone company.

Yup. Me too (sometimes). I seem to have that problem more after I
replaced my cordless phones awhile back, so it may be a local problem.

Anyway, at the suggestion Ken Blake I've signed up my home phone for the
free online blocker NoMoRoBo. I've taken my other physical blocker out
of the line for the test. So we'll see. If it works I'll gladly pay the
$2 a month to add the service to my cell phone.

As requested I'll report back in a week or so on how things go...