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FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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Re: FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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Post by BugsJustFindMe »

bahmboo wrote: post #40
patrickhogan1 wrote: post #30

Something changed about 1 year ago where the spam calls I get are 10x higher than in the past. It got so bad I had to change how I use my phone. Any caller not in my contact list goes immediately to voicemail. I’ve tried several robocall blockers, but they tend to cause connectivity issues. If anyone else has this problem, what are you using to prevent robocalls?

Pixel phones. Night and day difference from my wife’s iPhone. Same carrier. It’s simply not an issue.

I have an iPhone and I basically never get spam calls.

Re: FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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Post by Workaccount2 »

patrickhogan1 wrote: post #30

Something changed about 1 year ago where the spam calls I get are 10x higher than in the past. It got so bad I had to change how I use my phone. Any caller not in my contact list goes immediately to voicemail. I’ve tried several robocall blockers, but they tend to cause connectivity issues. If anyone else has this problem, what are you using to prevent robocalls?

Pixel phones are excellent at blocking spam calls. In fact I will not let my mother use any other phone despite her desperately wanting an iPhone.

My SO has an iPhone and she gets at least 3-4 spam calls a day. I get probably 1 a week that gets through the filter, which you can screen with a bot anyway.

Re: FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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Post by AnimalMuppet »

coldpie wrote: post #24
paxys wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm going to go ahead and say none of them are in the jurisdiction of the DoJ.

No one outside the jurisdiction of my country's laws should be able to make my phone ring or send me text messages without my permission.

At least without it showing up as an international number.

Re: FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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Post by nativeit »

candiddevmike wrote: post #34
coldpie wrote: post #2

Good start. Next, put the people running these scam phone providers in jail.

Do these scam phone providers have their Google My Business listing verified yet?

You should call them a few hundred thousand times just to be sure.

Re: FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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Post by SilverElfin »

I get relentless text and phone spam calls - both robotic and with humans - from just a few voice over Internet platforms. Bandwidth.com, Neutral Tandem, and ALL the brands associated with Sinch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinch_AB) like Inteliquent. Many of these companies got cease and desist orders in the past from the FTC. It didn’t help anything. We need to see them fined, shut down, and executives jailed.

Re: FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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Post by nativeit »

patrickhogan1 wrote: post #30

Something changed about 1 year ago where the spam calls I get are 10x higher than in the past. It got so bad I had to change how I use my phone. Any caller not in my contact list goes immediately to voicemail. I’ve tried several robocall blockers, but they tend to cause connectivity issues. If anyone else has this problem, what are you using to prevent robocalls?

I just stopped answering any/all unknown phone numbers. Only my contacts get me without leaving a message. I'm sure it's caused me to lose business, but I can't find a better way of maintaining my own productivity/sanity. I do disclose this practice in the outgoing message, and encourage callers to text me if they don't get an answer. Whatever software the robocallers use doesn't seem to be smart enough to clock this as an alternative channel, but I'm sure some AI product will make this worse.

Re: FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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Post by unsignedint »

vorpalhex wrote: post #29

EVE Online has had a functional anti-spam system for many years: it costs you some money to contact someone who doesn't have you in their contacts. The amount is configurable and the feature can be turned off. You as the receiver keep 70% of the fee. Think of how quickly spam would go away.

Or just make callers cover all the costs, like in some countries. Still, I really wish there were an option to charge incoming callers as you suggested—because honestly, about 90% of calls I get outside my circle are unsolicited. That way, only the 10% that truly matter would reach me. Right now, I’m on a strict “no-ring” policy: if a call turns out to be legitimate, I’ll call back. But nobody gets real-time PSTN access to me anymore—it’s simply not sustainable.

Re: FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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Post by _fat_santa »

Before I got my phone number, a woman by the name of "Sade" has the number. Recently I've been getting at least one call per day from the same company regarding an extended auto warranty.

I've told them politely that this is the wrong number, they keep calling. I've asked them to take my number off their list and they happily agree to, but they keep calling. I've threatened to contact the FCC is they keep calling yet....they keep calling. I've tried to block their number multiple times, but they just keep fucking calling from different numbers.

I honestly don't get the logic of these places. "Hey this guy has told us 20 times in all manner of ways to stop calling him....but I think he might buy an extended warranty on the 21st call!!"

Can someone explain to me what the logic of these places is? It just seems like an absolute brain-dead strategy.

Re: FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections

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Post by reactordev »

SilverElfin wrote: post #45

I get relentless text and phone spam calls - both robotic and with humans - from just a few voice over Internet platforms. Bandwidth.com, Neutral Tandem, and ALL the brands associated with Sinch ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinch_AB ) like Inteliquent. Many of these companies got cease and desist orders in the past from the FTC. It didn’t help anything. We need to see them fined, shut down, and executives jailed.

Shut one down, another pops up in its place.
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