[Lancey Howard]

I got rid of the pests years ago by getting call blocking through my phone company.
I now take the peace and quiet for granted, but I can easily recall the literally hundreds of times I said, "Hold on a sec", and then laid the phone down and walked away. I would sometimes forget to come back in five or ten minutes to hang up the phone and would sometimes miss (real) calls.

No more of that.
Forget the "national registry" and just call your phone company if you want to get rid of the pests.

[justlurking]

I got rid of the pests years ago by getting call blocking through my phone company.

This can block legitimate calls, too.

My doctor's office has an explicit warning on their voicemail: you must disable anonymous call blocking because the doctor will return calls (after-hours) with his caller-ID blocked.

[Professional]

You obviously figured this out, and didn't need new laws by the govt to help you. Now, let me tell you about Windotrons!