Spam call blocking software

It is built so it cannot. Anyone in your client list is recognized by their number and connected without seeing the prompt, and callers on mobile numbers skip it too, which covers nearly every real customer call. If the lookup that identifies a caller fails for any reason, the call is treated as a known caller and goes straight through. A first-time caller from a landline or an internet line does hear one short sentence, and pressing a key takes about a second.

No. A screened call is billed at zero, and so is a call where the caller never speaks and a call from a number on your blocklist. You only pay for calls that actually reach you, which is the part most phone services do not do. That matters most on the metered modes, where a robocall answered by an AI receptionist would otherwise be a billable minute.

No, and any product that claims otherwise is overselling. It stops what does not press a key, what stays silent after the greeting, and what is on your blocklist. A human telemarketer who presses the key and starts talking will reach you, though the AI receptionist is instructed to end those calls politely. What it removes is the automated volume, which is the overwhelming majority.

Because most spam changes its number on nearly every call. Neighbor spoofing picks a number that shares your own area code and prefix so it looks local, and discards it afterwards, which means the number you block today is not the number that calls tomorrow. A blocklist is genuinely useful against repeat offenders and does nothing about first contact, which is why the gate exists and why blocking is offered alongside it rather than instead of it.

One short sentence asking them to press a key to continue, then the call proceeds normally to whatever mode you use. Someone who does not press anything hears a brief message telling them they can call back and press the key or send a text, so a confused human is never left with dead air.

Yes. Screening runs before the call is routed, so plain forwarding at four cents a minute gets the same protection as the AI receptionist at twenty five cents. That is the point of putting it on the number rather than inside one mode.

Your call log shows every screened call alongside the real ones, with a filter that hides the junk by default. Each call also records whether the carrier verified the caller ID and what type of line it came from, so you can look at your own numbers before deciding to leave screening on.

Nothing extra. It is part of how calls are handled on any Smarfle number, on every plan that includes calling. You are charged for the calls that reach you and nothing for the ones that do not.