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Woohoo I'm spreading the word on how to stop this caller; call 866-246-7196. It's a do not call service I spoke to last week. They told me they provide this service to a small number of companies that call consumers that want to minimize complaints and save time not calling people who don't want to be called. Just give them the caller's phone number to confirm it's on their list and the receiving phone number to put on the do not call list. You need to allow 1 to 2 days to process but the calls did stop.

The national Do Not Call registry is a total waste of time. So toothless it is ineffective. These robo-dialing telemarketers simply do not care and do not comply.

Some phone companies do provide a way to block specific numbers, and some some telephones also have that feature. That works, until their limited memory overflows (telemarketers can & do use more numbers than most phones can block).

My phone has been mostly quiet since I installed a Digitone Call Blocker, which has loads of memory for offending phone numbers. The first call I get from a new telemarketing number, it only takes two clicks of a button to block it forever. Even better, the Call Blocker also lets me block entire area codes that the bad boys might favor, which is great because I don't know anyone in most area codes. If I happen to know some folks in a blocked area code, the Call Blocker lets me "allow" those specific phone numbers.

Now here may be the best news: the Call Blocker just as easily squelches those pesky political, fund-raising, or survey callers that are legal exceptions to the Do Not Call regulation.

It has been blessedly quiet around here, as I said, because my phone doesn't ring at all when called by a blocked number (or area code). By the way, I don't work for Digitone . . . instead, Digitone works for me. :)

won't answer when I say my name. if you call back, you get a generic vm asking if I want to get on the dnc list.