How you can block robocalls

A broad coalition of tech and telecom companies including AT&T (T), T-Mobile (TMUS), Google (GOOG), Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) met Wednesday with the Federal Communications Commission aiming to stop the consumer scourge of robocalls. However, in a lengthy report on the progress of the so-called Robocall Strike Force, participants acknowledged that they’re a long way from blocking the pernicious and rapidly growing robocalling industry.Some 984 million machine-dialed “roboc