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Not really. It's pretty evident at this point that most publications are basically worthless.
You've said the same thing with zero evidence, again.
FCC Chairman Proposes Robocall Blocking by Default
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Ernestine strikes again.
I don't understand this reference. Can you elaborate?
Ernestine is a Saturday Night Live character, played by Lily Tomlin. Strongly encourage you to look up the video ("SNL Ernestine") and watch it, because it is truly evergreen.
The bit is basically "F U. We're the phone company; we don't have to care."
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I have no doubt it would save money. But my point was that healthcare companies would no longer be seeing that 5.1 trillion dollars and as a result those companies would lose value and tank the economy. I just counted 62 Healthcare companies in the S&P 500. 5.1 trillion of lost revenue to those companies would be detrimental to the economy.
My own back of the napkin calculation: 5.1T / 10 Years = .51T / Year Current US Stock Market Cap: 153% of 21T = 53T [0][1] .51T of 53T = 0.9% For reference; the 2000s bubble had the stock market decrease by 36% over 3 years, the 2008 bubble 45% over 2 years [0]. I'd say "tank the economy" is an overstatement. I'm glad to be shown otherwise _with sources_ [0] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DDDM01USA156NWDB [1] htt…
I'll be the first the admit this is an opinion i've completely come up with it by myself with no research or statistics to prove other wise.
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I've always thought that binding robocallers in a contract that they must accept to speak or leave a message would be fun. Notify the caller that you charge a fee that's your state's maximum small claims award and add that the fee to be waived at your discretion for legit business. The big problem is spoofing and overseas calls, but I'd bet you could nab a few cases. I'm thinking something like, "All unsolicited call…
I actually got so fed up with robocallers, and really people just calling me in general that I looked into setting up a 900 number. If people really want to intrude and take up my time, they can compensate me for it. Unfortunately, 900 numbers apparently went away in the 2000s. Such a shame, it really would have solved the problem quite efficiently.
Wasn't there some kind of scam people used to pull where they'd add a prefix to a cell phone's outgoing calls, such that it bounced through a paid service relay? If I recall, someone would nab your phone, add the dialing prefix to the settings, and then return the phone to you. From that point on, all outgoing calls would actually be calling a 900 number, which then just called the outgoing number. The phone's owner would then get caught with a massive bill from the 900 number. It was an updated version of one of those original 'boxes', maybe a modified brown box? I forget all the phreaking terminology now, but I wonder if there's another olde timey phone phreaker trick that could be exploited.