My phone has been very quiet, thanks to wildcard blacklist. For my area, the following blacklist entries are doing the trick:lbmofo wrote:Here is what I have now (all redirected to VM):
- Wildcard entries to block all Toll Free calls (5 entries).
- Wildcard entries to block most area codes that I blacklisted before and I don't usually get legit calls from (about 50 entries).
- Wildcard entries that are more explicit for neighboring/local area code numbers that I blacklisted before (at least area code + exchange and then plus 1st digit of subscriber number in cases).
- Wildcard entries to block most invalid numbers (0* and 1*).
- Outside of what the above covers, explicit blacklisted numbers.
Now, I am down to 111 personal blacklist entries from 247.
For those who want to block every number out there, all you need is 10 entries (0* through 9*)
But you probably don't want to block all numbers in area codes near you.
Number Caller Name
0* Invalid Area Code Number
1* Invalid Area Code Number
202* Washington DC Area
203* New Canaan CT Area
215* Philadelphia PA Area
216* Cleveland OH Area
231* Fremont MI Area
303* Northglenn CO Area
305* Key West FL Area
315* Utica NY Area
319* Marion IA Area
321* Winter Park FL Area
323* LA CA Area
339* Canton MA Area
347* Staten Island NY Area
352* Lady Lake FL Area
402* Omaha NE Area
407* Orlando FL Area
408* San Jose CA Area
410* Salisbury MD Area
412* Pittsburgh PA Area
415* SF CA Area
417* Springfield MS Area
424* LA CA Area
469* Dallas TX Area
503* Portland OR Area
509* Spokane WA Area
512* Austin TX Area
513* Cincinnati OH Area
516* Great Neck NY Area
540* Blacksburg VA Area
571* Alexandria VA Area
602* Phoenix AZ Area
609* Princeton NJ Area
612* Anoka MN Area
616* Zeeland MI Area
617* Chelsea MA Area
618* Collinsville IL Area
623* Phoenix AZ Area
626* Sierra Madre CA Area
631* Farmingdale NY Area
646* New York NY Area
661* Castaic CA Area
701* Bismarck ND Area
702* Las Vegas NV Area
703* Fairfax VA Area
704* Charlotte NC Area
716* Buffalo NY Area
720* Aurora CO Area
786* Miami FL Area
800* Toll Free
801* Ogden UT Area
804* Richmond VA Area
813* Tampa FL Area
832* Houston TX Area
855* Toll Free
857* Boston MA Area
860* Bristol CT Area
864* Greenville SC Area
866* Toll Free
877* Toll Free
888* Toll Free
913* Mission KS Area
914* Mount Vernon NY Area
949* Newport Beach CA Area
954* Ft Lauderdale FL Area
971* Salem OR Area
973* Newark NJ Area