Subj : Re: Does Usenet still have value?
To   : Arelor
From : Weatherman
Date : Sat Feb 12 2022 08:09:36


A> I think the phone companies are on board with the phone spamming schemes.
A> 
A> I don't think phone spamming can render profits enough for the spammer
A> unless they are getting a very cheap phone contract which allows them to
A> make so many calls. That requires the collaboration of some phone provider
A> that knows what is going on.
A> 
A> It sucks because I have heard, more than once, of a doctor having to phone
A> a patient from our clinic in order to tell her something urgent, and never
A> having the call received because the patient didn't recognize the phone
A> number and thought it was just another mexican trying to sell her a new TV
A> set.

I agree.  The phone companies get their money and don't care if they are selling blocks of numbers to spammers in other countries.  The cloud providers do the same thing.  And of course the useless FCC does nothing about it.

- Mark
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