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Re:FCC hits robocaller with agency's largest-ever fine of $120M by mderazon on Saturday June 24, 2017 @12:38PM (#14626196)
The best solution imo is to block any call from a number that is not on your contact list and direct all other people that need to reach you to email. Your friends and family can still reach you and legit people who need to reach you can still reach you via email. Email spam filters are much better at blocking unwanted traffic.

It's far from ideal, and people might give up and not try to pursue getting to you but the situation with robocalls has got so much out of hand that drastic measures are needed.

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Re:FCC hits robocaller with agency's largest-ever fine of $120M by jjeaff on Saturday June 24, 2017 @03:05PM (#14626970)
Rather than go that drastic, you could simply get one of those answering service apps that require the user to announce themselves and press 1 to get through. You can set that functionality to only happen for numbers not in your phone book.
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