Y'all might want to check with your landline providers. Mine is Spectrum TWC and they offer me the ability to program the numbers of family and friends with a distinctive ring...a double ring which goes "ring-ring." This feature has come in handy. If I am sitting at the computer, or watching TV or whatever and I hear a single ring, I just let the machine get it.
Speaking of robocalls...I'm about to get inundated with political calls due to the upcoming elections. Those are every bit as infuriating as the people trying to sell stuff. The night before election day my phone rings constantly.