The family phone line
Give them their
home phone back.
A phone line for your parents that the whole family stands behind. Friends ring straight through. Scammers meet the family — live, on the call, hanging up for them.
Older adults reported over $3 billion lost to fraud in a single year in the U.S. alone. Most of it started with a phone call.
“Ma’am, your grandson has been arrested. He needs bail money tonight — you can pay with gift cards. And please, don’t tell your family.”
Scam shield: grandparent-emergency script detected. Sarah and Michael texted.
Sarah joined quietly — Mom heard two soft bells. The caller heard nothing.
Caller disconnected & number blocked. Mom and Sarah stayed on the line to talk it over.
Every step above is a real HomePhone feature — this is what it does.
How the shield works
Scammers isolate.
HomePhone un-isolates.
Every elder scam works the same way: get them alone, keep them on the line, press until they pay. HomePhone breaks the isolation — because the family can hear it happening and step into the room.
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Friends ring straight through
Anyone in the family directory — church friends, the pharmacy, the neighbours — rings the house like always. No screening, no recording, no interference. That's a promise.
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Strangers are announced
Unknown callers hear that the line is family-protected, then HomePhone listens with them: every sentence is scored live against the scripts scammers actually use.
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Family knows in seconds
“Gift cards.” “Don't tell your family.” “Your grandson is in jail.” The moment the conversation turns, every guardian's phone gets a text with a one-tap way in.
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Step in. Hang up on them.
Join silently, whisper advice only Mom can hear, or open your line and end it. One tap disconnects the scammer and blocks the number for good.
The party line, reborn
A line the whole family lives on.
Party lines disappeared because strangers could listen in. We brought the line back and gave it only to the people who should have been on it all along.
The tone directory
When someone joins a call, their chime plays to your parent only. She always knows who’s with her — the caller never does.
Check in, quietly
Join a suspicious call without a sound — except a soft, personal chime played only to your parent. They know you're there. The caller never does.
A tone for every person
Each family member picks their own signature chime. Two bells means it's Sarah. A low knock means it's Michael. Nothing needs to be said.
Whisper mode
“Mom, it's a scam, ask him to hold on.” Only she hears you. The caller keeps talking to what he thinks is a woman alone.
The whole family, one call
Sunday afternoon, everyone on the line at once — the party line the way it should have stayed. One number, everybody home.
When something is wrong
One press. Every phone in the family rings.
A fall. Chest pain. Fear. Your parent presses one button — or dials their own number and presses 1 — and HomePhone calls the entire family into one live line, with a text to everyone who can’t pick up.
From that line, the family can loop in 911 together — with the home address on file, read aloud, so nobody fumbles it under stress.
Dad presses the emergency button on his phone — or dials home and presses 1.
Every family phone rings at once: “Emergency. Robert needs you now.”
Everyone lands on one line with him. No group-text scramble, no callbacks.
If it's serious, one tap dials 911 into the same call, address ready.
Built on respect
Protection, not surveillance.
Known callers are never screened, never transcribed. Calls with friends stay exactly what they’ve always been: private.
Your parent always knows who’s listening. Every join plays that person’s tone to them. There is no silent mode against family.
Everything is on the record. Every join, whisper, and hang-up is logged where the whole family can see it.
Pricing
One line to pay for.
The whole family protects it, free.
Less than half what the old landline cost. No contracts, no hardware, cancel anytime.
The Line
Most familiesOne protected home number for your parents
- Their own home phone number
- Unlimited family members — free
- Live scam shield on unknown callers
- Family check-in: listen, whisper, step in
- Personal join tones
- Voicemail with transcripts
- Emergency line: one press calls everyone
- 1,000 protected minutes a month
Family Circle
For the family standing behind the line
- Join your parents' line as family
- Check in to live calls
- Your own join tone
- Scam alerts by text
Care
For residences and care homes
- Everything in The Line
- 2,500 protected minutes
- Multi-resident management
- Staff dashboard and priority support
The phone was how they stayed close to everyone.
It can be again.
Set up their lineWorks with the phones your family already has. Nothing to install for your parents.