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| themadhippy:
hows about making the defualt ring tone silent ,not the phone set to silent but a custom audio file of silence, and allocate an actual ring tone to your contacts |
| Halcyon:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on June 18, 2023, 02:50:20 am ---hows about making the defualt ring tone silent ,not the phone set to silent but a custom audio file of silence, and allocate an actual ring tone to your contacts --- End quote --- Because the phone still vibrates/lights up and is still a distraction. Or, if I don't pick up, I then have to go through the list of calls I've missed. I have better things to do with my time than play "guess who called me". At the end of the day, those who are close to me know how to reach me via alternate means, SMS still works as normal (if you aren't a spammer), all my various suppliers I deal with usually leave a message and/or contact me via email. I've resigned to the fact that old school, unencrypted, unverified (in terms of origin) voice calls are dead. They may as well go in the same pile as the analog telephone system. |
| EPAIII:
It is my observation that computers are actually making the calls and providing the initial message that announces what they are selling. Only when an answer (human or your answering machine recorded announcement) is detected, does that recorded message stop and, after a delay, does a human comes on the line. What this means is it is easy for them to call every number in every exchange. No human time is involved in doing that. I am still trying to figure out what those computers do with each of the ways those calls end. Do they make call later lists? Or don't call again lists? Or LIVE ONE, call, call, CALL until hell freezes over lists? I don't know. I do know that if I had a penny for every call I have received about Medicare Advantage Plans, I would be a billionaire! |
| gnuarm:
--- Quote from: EPAIII on June 22, 2023, 03:35:50 am ---It is my observation that computers are actually making the calls and providing the initial message that announces what they are selling. Only when an answer (human or your answering machine recorded announcement) is detected, does that recorded message stop and, after a delay, does a human comes on the line. --- End quote --- The calls I get are from a bot, which interacts with me some, asking for age, name, etc. which then transfers me to a human, who asks the same questions. The odd part is, they often just hang up on me, for no apparent reason. Odd. My goal, is to reach the guy who makes real money and waste his time. But that person may not exist. The purpose of the call might be to simply verify a real person exists at this number. Many of the calls want me to authorize them to call me back, in spite off being on any do-not-call lists. Not doing that. It probably opens me up to many, many more calls that are legal at that point. --- Quote ---What this means is it is easy for them to call every number in every exchange. No human time is involved in doing that. --- End quote --- Bingo! Just machine time which is nearly free. --- Quote ---I am still trying to figure out what those computers do with each of the ways those calls end. Do they make call later lists? Or don't call again lists? Or LIVE ONE, call, call, CALL until hell freezes over lists? I don't know. I do know that if I had a penny for every call I have received about Medicare Advantage Plans, I would be a billionaire! --- End quote --- I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as a don't call again list. When i don't have time to fool with them, I answer and immediately hang up. My brother says that means they call back, but how is that really different from an answering machine to them? A friend has his machine set with no outgoing message. They seem to pick up on a human voice, but like I've said, you need to provide at least passable answers to their questions, or the bot hangs up on you. |
| ataradov:
There must be some law/enforcement kicked in, I have not gotten a single spam call since Jun 1st. Or me ignoring them all finally worked. |
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