Nope . I get maybe two calls a week .Problem is if you get rid of your land lines in favor or cell phones, your cell phones will get them.
You're lucky, that's not the norm in my experience.Nope . I get maybe two calls a week .
Turn on "block unknown callers" and you'll get zero spam calls on your cell phone. It's wonderful.Nope . I get maybe two calls a week .
I agree, but I had to turn mine off once we moved to a new house with various phone calls coming in from people not in my contact list to complete the transaction.Turn on "block unknown callers" and you'll get zero spam calls on your cell phone. It's wonderful.
SameI agree, but I had to turn mine off once we moved to a new house with various phone calls coming in from people not in my contact list to complete the transaction.
True, however they could leave a voicemail and my kids are all adultsAnother problem might be families with children who may try to contact them in an emergency from a different cell phone or landline, the call would not go through with blocking
Oh yeah, wasn’t talking about your kids in particular. I was just mentioning it in case anybody here with young kids. You would need to make sure, for example even if the school calls you from a different number or extension that the call goes through.Same
True, however they could leave a voicemail and my kids are all adults![]()
No, the carriers can't block spam. They can attest to the origin of the call, but they can't block the call. The receiving system or device can choose to block the call, for instance your cell is the receiving device and can choose to block the call based on attestation received from the carrier.It is much improved since AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile are required to filter out spam
Hope this helps, this link has to do with text messages, I’ll see if I could find the phone call one for you, but you will see reference in this article about it.No, the carriers can't block spam. They can attest to the origin of the call, but they can't block the call. The receiving system or device can choose to block the call, for instance your cell is the receiving device and can choose to block the call based on attestation received from the carrier.
Some carriers will block calls based on the receiving device's wishes, but that's guided by the end users. The bottom line is no carrier is allowed to block inbound calls without end user or system guidance and most calls are blocked by software on the receiving device/system.
Text messages are a completely different beast, the carriers can block spam text messages and do.Hope this helps, this link has to do with text messages
This article is about shutting down the organizations that make the robo calls. Carriers still can't block suspected spam calls as they enter their networks, it's not legal for them to do so.“The move mirrors a similar US government effort to shut down illegal robocalls, which has led to at least one phone provider being cut off entirely from the US telephone network. Robocall monitoring services say the effort has largely been successful at reducing the volume of robocalls. But in recent years, an explosion of spam and scam text messages appears to have taken their place, leading to more than 18,000 consumer complaints at the FCC last year.”
Mine isn't quite that bad but it has been a struggle. We have caller-id and it helps in that she won't answer callers from calls that read "unknown caller" but my biggest struggle has been getting her to ignore numbers that look local and have a name attached but isn't anyone she actually knows. All of her friends are programmed into the phone so she knows it's them when they call, but now and then a call with come in from "John Smith" and it has the local area-code and exchange, but it's no one we know and she feels she should answer, and I keep reinforcing to her that is exactly what the spammers are doing to try to get her to answer.For some reason my mother has been genetically incapable of passing up a ringing telephone her entire life. ...
I guess my point being is if you look back at my posts that there is a heck of a lot less spam text messages, and phone calls.Text messages are a completely different beast, the carriers can block spam text messages and do.
This article is about shutting down the organizations that make the robo calls. Carriers still can't block suspected spam calls as they enter their networks, it's not legal for them to do so.
I agree that there are less spam txt and calls. However, the reduction calls is largely due to the shutdown of the call centers making the calls, not by the carriers blocking the calls at the entry point into their networks, because they can't. Spam text messages are blocked by the carriers, as it's not illegal to do so.I guess my point being is if you look back at my posts that there is a heck of a lot less spam text messages, and phone calls.
Due to the actions taken by the federal government and requirements on cell phone providers. that’s all. I am saying if you’re telling me that specifically phone calls cannot be filtered out. I will accept that, but there is filtering going on for text messages and government regulations and large fines for anybody in the Robo call business.
https://time.com/6513036/robocalls-government-action/
I didn’t give percentages other than to say phone providers can bock spam phone calls and you were telling me they couldn’t.I agree that there are less spam txt and calls. However, the reduction calls is largely due to the shutdown of the call centers making the calls, not by the carriers blocking the calls at the entry point into their networks, because they can't. Spam text messages are blocked by the carriers, as it's not illegal to do so.
This is the heart of the rule you are referring to:@wwillson
Here is another requirement from phone providers to filter out phone calls
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/...e-is-meant-to-help-cut-down-on-robocalls.html
You might hit the paywall with the above link so here is another one specifically mentioning filtering out phone calls;
“The FCC approves new rules letting phone companies block calls likely to be from fraudsters because they're dialed from certain types of numbers.”
https://www.cnet.com/news/politics/block-robocalls-us-fcc-phone/
The bottom line is all these efforts as I posted about five posts ago lol drastically cut back spam text and Robo calls
Some of these type calls may already be blocked, such as invalid numbers. The ability to block calls from allocated but not assigned numbers and numbers marked as "do not originate" is a good step in the right direction. However, I would argue that these rules probably don't slow the spammers down much, as they just use other numbers to originate their calls. Most of the reduction in spam calls is most likely because of the shutdown of call centers that are breaking laws.The FCC's new rules authorize phone companies to block robocalls that appear to be from telephone numbers that do not or cannot make outgoing calls. They can block calls purporting to be from a phone number placed on a "do not originate" list by the number's subscriber. They will also be allowed to block calls purporting to be from invalid numbers, like those with area codes that don't exist, from numbers that have not been assigned to a provider, and from numbers allocated to a provider but not currently in use.
They can't block suspected spam calls, they can block those types of call listed in my post above. There's a big difference.I didn’t give percentages other than to say phone providers can bock spam phone calls and you were telling me they couldn’t.
When is a block a block? I feel like we are talking politics here so will bow out of the conversation.They can't block suspected spam calls, they can block those types of call listed in my post above. There's a big difference.