What's going on with Skype and what are my options?

It looks like calls can be made from an app.

The nice thing about Skype was that it let you have a US number so that comes up on the person’s phone. I regularly call a friend who has Nomorobo that blocks calls from unknown numbers.

Grrrrr.

According to their help page, it is. We’re using the Android app.

Can’t the person whitelist a number (like yours) so it comes through?

My Pixel phone uses my contact list. If a phone number is on that list then it assumes it is ok.

Other numbers are allowed too but some it blocks as spam. Mostly Google has done a great job. I get maybe one or two spam calls per week.

The main point though is being able to let your friend’s call get through.

Thanks! I checked and they have an app for iPhone. I’ll check it out.

Do you know what number pops up and the recipient? That’s one problem I have with a friend who has Nomorobo. Before I got a Skype number, I had problems getting through.

Before I got a dedicated number through Skype, it would show up as various numbers so they couldn’t be whitelisted.

Once I got a Skype number, it had the same number each time and was OK.