Anymore, answering the phone simply because it is ringing is an anachronism. Ditto to having a land-line (especially without caller ID!). These companies pushed

Anymore, answering the phone simply because it is ringing is an anachronism. Ditto to having a land-line (especially without caller ID!). These companies pushed so hard that they've pushed all the sensible folks out of their reach permanently. And kudos to the new wave of phone OSs that allow for blocking any number from your phone itself. We saw that the government wasn't going to do it, carriers certainly didn't do it, so companies and individuals did it.