Subj : looking at getting Nomad
To   : Warpslide
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Mar 01 2021 22:04:00

Hello Warpslide!

** On Monday 01.03.21 - 20:25, Warpslide wrote to August Abolins:

 W> Yeah, they don't have robot numbers in Canada for some
 W> reason.  They *do* have robot numbers in Oz & NZ.  If I
 W> could forward my number to a Canadian number it might
 W> actually be economical.  I *could* spend an extra $10 /mo on
 W> my cell plan for 1000 minutes of US long distance, but
 W> that's an extra $120 /year just to piss off a telemarketer.

My Yak example pertained to landline.

Is your example with Publicmobile?

With my cell and Luckymobile, calls to US are free.  So, I  
should be able to route incoming calls to one of Jolly Roger's  
numbers for no additional cost.   $12/yr would be for some  
inexpensive entertainment - but I don't have telemarker issues  
with the cell.

I currently don't use my cell as a phone at all - and no one  
knows the number. The cell is primarily for mobile data.   
Therefore, I don't have an issue with telemarkers with the cell.  
If an unknown caller rings, I would let it go to vmail - but no  
one has used that option.

However.. I keep getting the automated calls on my landline  
phone at the shop from a "google specialist" telling me that my  
website isn't registered.  Three calls in two weeks.

Last week, I got a very unusual call claiming to be from Google  
itself. The voice was a bot (a darn good one that). What tipped  
me off that it was automated was that I answered is such a way  
as to force the caller to start at the beginning - and the  
message sounded exactly the same. One of the first questions it  
asked me was for my name, but I asked "Who wants to know? What's
YOUR name?" The voice bot hesitated, and just went right to the  
beginning.  I just answered the same way, again.  Then..  
eventually the caller hung up on me!
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