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AT&T yesterday unveiled free robocall blocking for postpaid smartphone customers.
Named Call Protect, the service blocks some fraud calls at the network level before they reach customers' phones. In other cases, when it's less clear whether the call is fraudulent, Call Protect doesn't block the call but shows "suspected spam warnings on the incoming call screen which let customers choose whether or not to answer calls that originate from a suspected spam source," AT&T's announcement said.
At least for now, the service is available only for AT&T postpaid wireless customers with iPhones or Android phones that support AT&T's HD Voice technology. Call Protect is not automatically enabled. Instead, customers can add the feature in their AT&T account settings or the Call Protect app for iPhone and Android. Some Android users complained in the Google Play store reviews that Call Protect doesn't support unlocked devices like the Google Pixel.
Coming in 6 months, AT&T premium business service for companies that want to circumvent Call Protect.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday December 24 2016, @02:44AM
I'm not sure this is even an issue in America anymore, I've had one robocall (from a political party, regarding the election) in the past 10 years.
Do you all get more robocalls? Is robocalling a big problem for corporate customers?
(Score: 1) by Francis on Saturday December 24 2016, @03:21AM
That's about how many political robocalls I've gotten to my cell phone. I get a fair number of scammers calling, but in terms of people who are technically allowed to, they're extremely rare.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 24 2016, @06:14AM
> That's about how many political robocalls I've gotten to my cell phone.
Robocalls to cellphones are explicitly illegal. They must be dialed by a human. No exceptions, not even for politicians.
> I get a fair number of scammers calling,
Yep, they don't care about legality, so they will robocall the shit out of cellphone numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 24 2016, @04:31AM
Could be where you live or party affiliation. As an Iowan, I got at least 1 robocall a week on average and at least 1 a day during the waning days of the election. I'm still getting ones to congratulate me for voting for the future or to help stop Republicans.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 24 2016, @06:45PM
I'm not sure this is even an issue in America anymore, I've had one robocall (from a political party, regarding the election) in the past 10 years.
I'm in America (NYC area) and I get 10 - 15 automated scam calls per week. Being on the DNC list doesn't matter. I just ignore any number that isn't in my address book (which is easy when I have "Who Could It Be Now" as the default ringtone for unknown callers).