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Why does anyone spend the time to answer a poll for a for-profit company? I bet the person making the call is being compensated but they want the callee’s time for free?
To express and represent your point of view.
I feel like if FCC/Telephone providers don't fix this soon, traditional cell phones will become unreliable and we will need to adopt a new system or just use existing framework (facetime, whatsapp, etc.). If every cell phone has LTE and internet connection, why the fuck do we need traditional cell phone number? I never use it except for calling my pharmacy, customer support or restaurants/shops. All conversations wit…
It really annoys me that there isn’t a way of filtering calls based on country. 99% of my junk calls come from Australian numbers, so if I could just block Australia...
I feel like if FCC/Telephone providers don't fix this soon, traditional cell phones will become unreliable and we will need to adopt a new system or just use existing framework (facetime, whatsapp, etc.). If every cell phone has LTE and internet connection, why the fuck do we need traditional cell phone number? I never use it except for calling my pharmacy, customer support or restaurants/shops. All conversations wit…
They do not intend to fix anything.
This captured FCC would rather everyone use the internet to communicate, since they deregulated that, than telephones which they cannot deregulate. The game is, make money as fast as possible in deregulated industries until people complain of lousy service and the government steps in.
Bonus points if the captured FCC can convince you that they care about these robocalls.
EDIT: Please explain downvotes. You feel the current FCC are saints and would never do such a thing?
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Just like with email, that ship sailed a long time ago. In many cases, there is no "real" underlying phone number (example: VOIP... VOIP numbers may as well be disposable.)
I don't know, I could see the big mobile networks going off on their own and highlighting trusted callers from their own networks. And it would take only a few peering points between the big providers to cover the vast majority of cell users. I would actually switch networks for this (presumably one would do it first).
My friends on that network never paid to receive my calls, even while roaming.
I feel like if FCC/Telephone providers don't fix this soon, traditional cell phones will become unreliable and we will need to adopt a new system or just use existing framework (facetime, whatsapp, etc.). If every cell phone has LTE and internet connection, why the fuck do we need traditional cell phone number? I never use it except for calling my pharmacy, customer support or restaurants/shops. All conversations wit…
My phones so bad that I have the do not disturb night mode feature enabled full time only allowing people in my contacts to ring. It really annoys me that there isn’t a way of filtering calls based on country. 99% of my junk calls come from Australian numbers, so if I could just block Australia...
The phone is kept silent at all times and is on DND mode from the first minute of the day to the last.
The only call that passes through are the ones in the favorites, which will never exceed 10. Even they won't ring but vibrate. (My wife knows how to make my phone ring via Find my Phone.)
This is my No Phone Life - https://no.phone.wtf/
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To express and represent your point of view.
The surveyors may not want to represent/hear about the interests of people too bothered to do things that take time without pay (e.g. voting or vaccination, which should also be paid imo).
If you wonder about a poll's integrity you can read about their methods, e.g. Pew research,
https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/u-s-survey-research/our-...
I started with an experiment about a year back and now I've practically stopped answering phone calls. My phone responses are now async. Just like an email, I look up the missed calls list once a while and call back if I know someone or was expecting a call from a particular number. The phone is kept silent at all times and is on DND mode from the first minute of the day to the last. The only call that passes through…
I started with an experiment about a year back and now I've practically stopped answering phone calls. My phone responses are now async. Just like an email, I look up the missed calls list once a while and call back if I know someone or was expecting a call from a particular number. The phone is kept silent at all times and is on DND mode from the first minute of the day to the last. The only call that passes through…
I feel like if FCC/Telephone providers don't fix this soon, traditional cell phones will become unreliable and we will need to adopt a new system or just use existing framework (facetime, whatsapp, etc.). If every cell phone has LTE and internet connection, why the fuck do we need traditional cell phone number? I never use it except for calling my pharmacy, customer support or restaurants/shops. All conversations wit…
What I like about PSTN is it’s open nature. If I tried to build an online voicemail system for WhatsApp or FaceTime, I’d get banned. I like having my PSTN voicemails emailed to me. And calls logs in csv. If someone says they called me 3 years earlier, I can find that out without scrolling.