I agree, this particular system (posting the number on a message board) does look very inefficient. However, using "collective knowledge" is more efficient than having personal block lists. Who knows how many robocalls we never received because the numbers were already on the block list. These callers change their numbers or spoof new ones very quickly, so your personal call block list is largely useless after you get a couple of calls.
We really need both, a personal call block list and a collective one. The collective one could be improved by just submitting a number into an automated system. With this message board system, I really have no sense if anyone is doing anything with the submitted numbers.
We really need both, a personal call block list and a collective one. The collective one could be improved by just submitting a number into an automated system. With this message board system, I really have no sense if anyone is doing anything with the submitted numbers.
mcberch wrote:I just got Fusion Voice recently, and I was fairly sure that it enabled blocking of callers by number, but I have read through everything and all there is, apparently, is a blocklist maintained by a third party (Nomorobo) which is very inadequate -- so far as I can tell you can't add numbers to it, and it only works on robocalls.
Maintaining a block list by having people post numbers in a forum seems like an amazingly inefficient way to solve this problem. Mobile carriers enabled personal block lists at least 8-10 years ago. Surely Sonic has access to the same voice software through XO or otherwise; why is this not available to us? Even AT&T would block numbers (for a fee).
Anyway, if anyone is listening, the robospam I got today was from 510-671-8297.
