Apr 25, 2014
I seriously love my Ooma. After repeated calls and emails (even to the CEO!) to AT&T proved fruitless in my quest to not pay for the privilege of getting calls from telemarketers and the like, I switched to Ooma. I got a call from (209) 259-0165 yesterday -- they left no message, of course -- and came here to see if anyone else had. Sure enough, it was a marketing call. So I called up my call log and clicked on the "add to blacklist" icon, and that's that. No more 10-number limit, no more "No, you can't block toll-free calls!" limitations. Just one click, and another robocaller is banned from my house.
This is how it's supposed to be. Sure, the scammers will figure out how to get around the no-call list and they've already gained the ability to spoof caller ID info, but tools like Ooma's community blacklist (and/or the nomorobo blacklist, which you can't use if you're an AT&T customer) really help out. (209) 259-0165 won't be calling me again, ever.