On 24/03/2018 09:20, Scott wrote:

My concern with these systems is that I might lose a legitimate call.
The unknown name might be a courier delivering a package I have been
waiting for, it might be a nurse in the hospital phoning on behalf of
one of my relatives, someone's partner, someone who has found my
property in the street etc. I'm not saying I accept all the calls but
the cautious side of me likes to make the judgement myself.


The number of legitimate calls you will lose is vanishing small. These
type of phones and telecom supplier provided similar services are now so
common that any official body (hospital, police, doctors surgery, card
fraud, banks etc.) will have to present a phone number.

With a blocked number the caller only has to obey the simple
instructions the phone gives when automatically answering. Call calling
robots currently don't understand these instructions.

Do you also worry about how many thousands of spam emails your Internet
supplier rejects on your behalf?


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