Chosen Solution
I tried the hardware solutions and they wouldn’t work for me. My telephone is somehow wrapped up with my DSL line. Even though it is hardwired, the hardware solutions won’t work with this setup. My phone is NOT set up as a VOIP line through the internet. It just shares the DSL wiring from my local phone company.
If your internet connection is a DSL through your phone company, you’re out of luck. I bought the best box I could find and installed it only to learn that it would not work with DSL connections. If you’re only getting 10-12 robocalls a day, consider yourself lucky. My home line gets upwards of 23 calls on certain days. They seem to get to my number on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Fortunately, this is a home line and we just pickup and hangup on numbers we don’t recognize. We’re rural and our little phone company offers NOTHING in the way of call blocking. Our cell service is so weak that we don’t feel confident not having a landline for emergencies and friends. However, our Verizon accounts do have a call blocker that, so far, is almost 100% effective.
