New blocking mode request for area codes
Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:28 pm
I've used an Ooma phone for a couple years now and I'm mostly happy with the service.
But I'm getting several spoofed junk calls a day from various out-of-state area codes.
I'm playing a game of "whack-a-mole" and blocking each of those codes as I get them, but the end won't likely come until I have blocked every out-of-state area code I don't use.
I suggest that a good option to add would be to accept only desired area codes but block all the rest.
At present you can allow only numbers in your contact list to go through but that's too limiting.
Adding the option to also allow only desired area codes would eliminate most of the junk calls I'm getting and still allow me to receive local calls that are not in my contact list.
I would think this would be a relatively easy thing to add in the phones firmware, and significantly improve Ooma's call blocking capability (which is one of the reasons I originally went with Ooma).
Carl Rutschow.
But I'm getting several spoofed junk calls a day from various out-of-state area codes.
I'm playing a game of "whack-a-mole" and blocking each of those codes as I get them, but the end won't likely come until I have blocked every out-of-state area code I don't use.
I suggest that a good option to add would be to accept only desired area codes but block all the rest.
At present you can allow only numbers in your contact list to go through but that's too limiting.
Adding the option to also allow only desired area codes would eliminate most of the junk calls I'm getting and still allow me to receive local calls that are not in my contact list.
I would think this would be a relatively easy thing to add in the phones firmware, and significantly improve Ooma's call blocking capability (which is one of the reasons I originally went with Ooma).
Carl Rutschow.