Best telephone caller id displays according to redditors

Buy your relative a call blocker.

I use this one. I went from several telemarketing calls every day to receiving 1 in 3 years. All the box does it ask callers to press "1" if they are not a telemarketer. Strange, but it totally works.

This newer one makes adding numbers to your whitelist easier, but you really don't need a whitelist, except to add numbers for approved robocalls you are expecting. If you don't know the number, you can turn off the filter for a short time.

Yep! Like this. but potentially uglier and more primitive looking, depending.

We moved from Switzerland a few years ago. Prepare for a bit of a culture shock. Here are some perspectives and tips after living here a few years.

It'll take some time to get your head around the scale of things and the vast open spaces. Germany is roughly the same size as Arizona but most of it is totally empty.

Except for the summer, weather is generally wonderful – but that's a good time to visit Europe. Get ready for things like this once in a while: http://imgur.com/a/QDQUO

I think Germany might be one of the few countries that Arizona recognizes as having a valid driver licenses. We had to redo our written and practical driving test to get ours. It's as if we had never driven.

Unlike Germany, it is very common for people to buy houses instead of renting and the choices are huge in the valley.

'Patriotism' is a big deal here. If you try to discuss things like Jeff Daniels says here and suggest things could be better, prepare for some folks to get aggressive with you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zqOYBabXmA It's best to avoid it except amongst close friends.

Cars and gas are very cheap compared to Europe. So is eating out except for wine which is expensive (but the American practice of happy hours softens that pain).

The service industry is generally fantastic compared to Europe. Want your garage door repaired on a Sunday? No problem. Need somebody to make your huge outdoor barbecue look like new? Yep, lots of folks can do that for you. Maintain your pool or garden or ???? The choice of service providers and the low prices compared to Europe will spoil you.

Be very careful about what's in the food you buy. Products that look like products you bought in Germany will have a lot more sugar or other stuff added to them for the US markets. It's very easy to put on weight here because of the gigantic portions and what's in the food.

Most banking is about 10 years behind Europe. They don't use IBAN's.

The US health care system is broken. If you are paying yourself, learn to utter the magic words "self-pay" which will get you a big discount (this is related to the practice of jacking up prices with the knowledge that insurance companies will only pay a percentage of that). If you need any health care that is optional or not time sensitive, go to Europe. It'll be a lot of cheaper (sometimes by a factor of 10) and the care will likely be much better.

Massive amount of advertisements direct to the public of drugs for diseases you probably never heard of is rampant. The American Medical Association also thinks it's nonsense. In the world, only the US and New Zealand allow direct marketing of drugs to consumers. Drug prices are super high compared to the rest of the world and US pharma lobbies hard to prevent imports from places like Canada.

The US does not seem to be able to properly regulate telemarketing so spam telephone calls will drive you crazy. Consider getting one of these: https://www.amazon.com/CPR-Call-Blocker-Telemarketer-Solicitor/dp/B00JG02ZEY

Cox is probably the best ISP and their Gigabit is now rolling out (we're getting about 950 Megabits per second on a wired connection).

Have fun! It's a great place to live and you'll realize how much blue skies improve your mood.

Att limits to 10 blocks and charges a monthly fee which is ridiculous. There are a few consumer devices that blocks numbers that you store but they are rather pricey. Was wondering if there was a better solution with an arduino.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00JG02ZEY

Yeah, more people alive actually remember when caller ID did cost extra and required buying (or renting) a special Caller ID Box for their landline

First of all, not all those calls may be from Yelp. A typical scam is to convince you that someone is calling from Yelp and when you agree to signup, they sign you up in such a way that they take over your business listing. They then hold it hostage by essentially vandalizing it. Another scam is that they are a third-party marketing service that wants to facilitate you getting your business page "for a reasonable fee." Since these scams usually generate out of call centers, they have plenty of available manpower to continually harass you.

Here's what I usually advise businesses to do (mostly generic advice, because Angie's List, Home Advisor, Trip Advisor, etc. all use these tactics. Yelp is often the most egregious):

1. Call Yelp's local business line and ask them directly to stop calling you tel:8777679357. That may or may not help. Yelp has so much turnover that you will probably have to repeat this exercise with the next sales agent assigned to your region.
   
2. Some businesses have reported to have had success with actually taking the call, taking an appointment, and then whatever the sales rep quotes you, simply come back with "we don't have the money for that." This as #1 reportedly stops the calls for a while. Nothing will get you out of a sales rep's hair faster, however, than wasting their time for zero return.
   
3. Do setup your business page on every applicable review service in order to keep someone else from getting hold of it. Then, do absolutely nothing with it. That will eliminate some of the calls because scammers will see they can no longer scam you out of your business listing. You could then do something as simple keeping your phone and address up to date, putting in your business hours, and listing your website as the page for your Google reviews. This is useful because, for example, you won't need someone expensive like me to get your business fixed from being listed as a "tanning salon/HIV clinic" when you run a record store.
   
4. For that matter, make sure the information Dun & Bradstreet has listed for you is accurate. Google, Yelp, and most of the other review sites license their information from them, so making sure the information is accurate can help prevent avoid some of the scams, as false information tends to be overwritten by legitimate information.
   
5. Explicitly tell the rep who calls you "we don't have the money to advertise on yelp so put us on your no call list." This will usually slow down calls for a while.
   
6. Make sure you are on your state's "Do Not Call" list if your state maintains one. Depending on the state, you might find this on your state AG page or a consumer protection page.
   
7. When you get an e-mail from Yelp, click on the unsubscribe or do not contact link on the email if there is one. Usually this will be in small print at the bottom of the e-mail. At least respond with a message to take you off their list.
   
8. If you did #3 & #4, all corporations must have a registered corporate agent. Find their name and address and send them a good old fashioned paper mail, certified mail, return receipt requested notifying them or your local regulations for calling people on the do not call list and that their e-mails fall under the CAN SPAM act and that they you can pursue monetary damage for each email you receive from them (actual law, that's seldom used, and most people have forgotten about).
   
9. If you operate your business on a land line, get one of those incoming call boxes that makes the phone put out the fax identification beep before you answer the phone. Since many of these scams generate out of call centers, their calling system will automatically skip your number. It's old school, but it still works.
   
10. You can also get fancier gadgets for call blocking like this: https://www.amazon.com/CPR-Call-Blocker-V5000/dp/B0191XMBV2
    
11. There are services that will do the blocking for you, such as Call Control.

Bloody expensive but there is this option


http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JG02ZEY/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2EDFAFVCSO9R2&coliid=I1R316CJXHAA82

Every time they call file a complaint with the FTC's Do Not Call Registry

If you can, install NomoRobo on your landline. A part of the program will let you add phone numbers not in the system.

If you can not install NomoRobo you can get a call blocker box like CPR V5000. When they call you just have to push the big red button to block their number.

FWIW, I use a call screener. It's not perfect, and it doesn't keep them from shuffling the numbers around, but it blocks robocalls pretty nicely.

Scammers frequently fake your area code anyway, so that isn't an effective protocol.

There needs to be a way to whitelist phone calls on landlines.

[Here you go](SENTRY 3.1 Call Screener, smart active blocking, block all solicitor calls, election calls, robo calls. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019ERMS90/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_T5mIzbDQ9KMFG)

I've never used this product and this isn't an endorsement, but it looks like this device might solve your problem. Just program in all her contacts, show her how to add more, and set all non-whitelisted calls to go to voicemail.

This from 2006 describes the SIT (Special Information Tones) that used to tell a caller the line was disconnected. "Aha!" goes the dialing computer, and strikes that number from the list.

Telemarketers caught on, and the SIT doesn't work anymore.

Call blockers like the Sentry may help (and use several different methods of discouraging telemarketers), but no method is perfect. Some people really like NoMoRobo, but it doesn't work with all services.

Hey .. io un affare del genere ce l'ho da un paio d'anni questo e ti assicuro che non funziona. Ero arrivato ad aggiungere piu di 300 numeri in blacklist. Alla fine chiamavano lostesso. I numeri di call center cambiano in continuazione e anche solo pensare di bloccarli tutti è pura utopia.

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Un apparecchio del genere per fare il salto di qualità dovrebbe avere un database cooperativo nazionale (o perché no .. anche internazionale) con tutti i numeri dei callcenter aggiornati dagli stessi utenti mano a mano che li aggiungo sul loro device. Quella sarebbe la soluzione definitiva e senza sbatti a tutti i nostri problemi.

I didn't read the details, but this might work for you.

Not sure if this is a viable solution for you, but I use a call blocker at home and it has made a world of difference. The call blocker sits in-between the phone line and your phone/answering machine, and it will intercept and suppress any phone numbers that you don't want to ring through. You just hit the "Block" button to store an incoming caller ID into the blocked list, and the device will prevent that number from ringing through from then on. Works great, and has eliminated nearly all of the unsolicited calls that I used to get.

The exact model that I use is no longer sold, but Amazon offers several models. This one seems to be popular.

Weird, this article says ATT DOES offer it (both free version and upsell version) but maybe not in your area?
https://www.consumerreports.org/robocalls/best-ways-to-fight-robocalls/

For landlines (if via VOIP) it looks like you can do Nomorobo (as mentioned in the previous article) as well.

My relative also has a box that initially simulates a "number not in service" signal when it picks up which discourages most of the robocalls. Takes some getting used to from a legitimate caller's perspective though.
I'll see if I can find a link.
Edit - I cannot find a link to whatever device my relative is using but it must be one of the small boxes powered by the phone itself. Sorry.

Apparently there is a whole cottage industry for these things, with this linked one being one of the most popular and well-reviewed. I would do this if the budget allows.
https://www.amazon.com/CPR-V5000-Call-Blocker-Robocalls/dp/B0191XMBV2

I bought this about a year ago: https://www.amazon.com/CPR-Call-Blocker-Telemarketer-Solicitor/dp/B00JG02ZEY

When a call comes in you don't want, hit the "Block Now" button and voila! Only slight annoyance is that you'll still hear the phone ring once before it kills it. Also, runs off of phone jack power (no separate power source needed). Works!

The phones didn't have caller Id built in in the early 90's, but we had these little boxes.... http://www.amazon.com/GE-29016S-Caller-ID-Box/sim/B00005NGRQ/2. ...... So you never knew if they were watching.

I have a friend who had someone calling from multiple numbers, both his cell and landline (he also lives in the sticks with no reception).

Two approaches. First, cell. I only know the iPhone method, I don't know how this works on Android. Turn on Do Not Disturb. In the settings you can set to allow calls from Everyone, No One, Favorites (what I use for when I sleep), Contacts, or any group you custom make in your phone book. If you select Contacts it will allow anyone you have in your phone to get through without a hitch, like those Doctors. Essentially, your Contact list becomes your whitelist. Not in your phone? Automatically sent to voice mail.

Second part, landline. There are specialized call blockers that not only block annoying spam calls but some also let you set up whitelists so only calls you want come through. If someone calls and they aren't on either the blacklist or the whitelist they get to leave a message:

SENTRY 3.1 Call Screener, smart active blocking, block all solicitor calls, election calls, robo calls. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B019ERMS90/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_PPl9yb27EAVCA

PA - cute tax!!

Robocall/Telemarketer Blocker or similar product: http://www.amazon.com/SENTRY-Blocker-Robocall-Telemarketer-Solicitor/dp/B00I1781BY/

We have a landline. We don't get any telemarketing or scam calls on the line because we use a call blocker which only allows phone numbers from a whitelist to ring though. It's a magicjack phone line, it costs us something like $20/year.

The number one use for this is because my wife leaves her phone in her purse when she comes home, which she puts down as soon as she gets in, making it impossible for me to contact her when she is home and I am out.

The number two use for this is to find our own cell phones by dialing them when we are out.

And in a very far third place my mom uses it when she comes to visit from overseas (and hasn't gotten a prepaid US sim card).

I'm pretty sure I'm a customer for the echo connect, we use the echo a lot already.

I bought one of these a few months ago, works like a champ.

It says iOS only since the software has to be on a IPhone and not ipad. The software task over your phone. I use andriod. The app has like 20 icon in it, but one hooks to this device via blue tooth. I have it set to just not ring the phone so they go to voice mail.

Call Control Home - iOS ONLY Landline and VOIP Call Blocker, Blocks RoboCalls, Political Calls, Scam Calls, Unwanted Calls. Automatically Synced with Updated block list via CallControl.com https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071S6NB5N?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf