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Post by freehunter »

grawprog wrote: post #238
booleandilemma wrote: post #208

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My strategy is: if I don’t know the caller they can leave a voicemail. If it’s not important enough for a voicemail, it’s not important.

The problem with this for me is my voicemail is now so full of spam messages from numbers I don't answer or block that I can't ever get any useful messages if there are any. A lot of the time my inbox remains full and I can't actually receive new voicemails. It's just gotten to the point where the new voicemail icon has become a permanent fixture on my notification bar I totally ignore.

Visual voicemail is one of the best things I've ever seen. Especially with transcription turned on.

Re: 'One Ring' Phone Scam

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Post by [deleted] »

thefounder wrote: post #95
shereadsthenews wrote: post #5

I can’t imagine why anyone ever answers the phone. I get at least ten robocalls every weekday. I don’t ever look at my voicemail and I haven’t answered a call in ages. Edit: I know I’m not alone because CNN just released a poll with no responses from people under the age of fifty, because they couldn’t reach enough of them by phone.

What's your phone for if not to answer when people call you?

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Re: 'One Ring' Phone Scam

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Post by anovikov »

For the U.S., where most people rarely need to make international calls, an easy solution would be to use an option (which i am sure is provided by every operator), to just disable any international calls. Sounds like an easy fix.

Re: 'One Ring' Phone Scam

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Post by nulbyte »

userbinator wrote: post #179
anonu wrote: post #157

From the website: How to avoid this scam: Don't answer or return any calls from numbers you don't recognize. If the FCC is recommending we don't pick up our phones, isn't something really wrong with the system?

That's weird. I can understand not returning, since then you're the one originating and thus getting charged for the call, but for answering? Is there any landline service that charges for non-collect incoming calls?

No, but prepaid wireless services may charge you for incoming calls.

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Post by commandlinefan »

copperx wrote: post #81
khazhoux wrote: post #64

Similarly, I don't understand why people answer the front door when they can hear or see (through peephole or Ring) that it's a stranger. I don't need your magazines, your house-painting services, your church, or whatever else. If you're lost and looking for your friend's house you're supposed to be at, sorry I'm not gonna be able to help you anyway.

Sometimes a neighbor you haven't met is the one ringing the doorbell. I recently had to leave my car parked in front of a stranger's house, so I rang the doorbell to let them know, but they didn't answer even though they were clearly home. Capitalism might be great and all, but door-to-door marketing and phone spamming have killed reasonable methods of communication. I refuse to let these things die, so I still open…

> Sometimes a neighbor you haven't met

Even worse.

Re: 'One Ring' Phone Scam

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Post by welly »

Broken_Hippo wrote: post #225
welly wrote: post #173

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I don't understand why young (I'm making an assumption here) people don't like making or receiving voice calls. I'd far rather talk to someone than text them. Texting requires far more effort and takes far more time.

I'm 40 and hate making and receiving voice calls. First things first: Everyone hears your end of the conversation with a voice call. I absolutely hate that: My family would pick up pieces (by accident or not) and when my ex's mental illness was worse, he would listen. Period. But there are also other things: I can flush the toilet. I don't have to do as many "formalities" and I don't have to stop everything I'm doing…

I find discussions over text long winded and can often be discussed more thoroughly with a simple phone call. I'm with you on video chats, although while I was living overseas for a number of years my mother insisted on it, which was fine. But I don't take phone calls when I'm surrounded by people, I'll head outside or into the corridor.

I personally just prefer phone calls for any proper conversations, the odd "hello, how are you doing?" type messages are fine with text but if I actually want to talk to someone, phone calls every time.

Re: 'One Ring' Phone Scam

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Post by tinus_hn »

Brajeshwar wrote: post #26

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…

In other news, we don’t need anti spam measures. Just quit reading email!

Re: 'One Ring' Phone Scam

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Post by welly »

whatshisface wrote: post #180
welly wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand why young (I'm making an assumption here) people don't like making or receiving voice calls. I'd far rather talk to someone than text them. Texting requires far more effort and takes far more time.

> Texting requires far more effort and takes far more time. A reasonable theory would be that if your typing skills are good enough, the opposite is true.

It's less the speed of typing but the continual back and forth of texting and the delay between messages. You send a message, you get a reply - sometimes later on in the day and you don't want to be that guy by hassling the recipient of your text messages by keep nudging them.

Example, today on the train I texted a mate to see if he was about as we'd previously discussed meeting up today. I was going to get off the train at a particular stop if I was going to see him but otherwise would have carried on. I texted him and didn't get a reply until just before I was going to get off the train, which was about 40 minutes later. If I'd just given him a phone call, I'd have known immediately. It was all fine in the end but if I hadn't received his text before the first stop, I'd have continued on my way assuming he was busy. But because now the default method of communication is text messaging, I feel I can't make a phone call any more.

Re: 'One Ring' Phone Scam

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Post by beams_of_light »

SomeHacker44 wrote: post #198
Waterluvian wrote: post #164

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Absolutely. The phone system is totally broken. A few years ago I disabled the incoming call part of my phone to everyone except a few family members and my wife. So far it's been great. Everyone who needs me emails me. I've yet to run into a situation where someone I needed to hear from would only call me.

Just not willing to do this. I never want to miss a call from someone talking about an emergency with a family member, the FAA calling about an unclosed flight plan, a recruiter (if job hunting), a delivery person, etc. I answer virtually all unknown numbers except the ones T-Mobile puts in as “Scam Likely.” What I do not understand is, given that the phone is a computer, why there is not an on-phone IVR which can so…

I've done this for my home phone number with Twilio using Studio. The last 2 options forward the call to mine or my wife's cell numbers. Everyone seems to hang up when they hear the IVR - neither of us have gotten a call forwarded from Twilio in over 2 months.

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Post by grawprog »

freehunter wrote: post #241
grawprog wrote: post #238

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem with this for me is my voicemail is now so full of spam messages from numbers I don't answer or block that I can't ever get any useful messages if there are any. A lot of the time my inbox remains full and I can't actually receive new voicemails. It's just gotten to the point where the new voicemail icon has become a permanent fixture on my notification bar I totally ignore.

Visual voicemail is one of the best things I've ever seen. Especially with transcription turned on.

I've never heard of this before. Unfortunately after checking it out, it looks like my carrier only offers it for iphones. This does look like a handy feature though.
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