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> Do they make significant money from spam calls? There is also the other side, do they lose any money from spam calls? If they don't or it's negligible, they
by mhurron 10y ago
> Do they make significant money from spam calls?
There is also the other side, do they lose any money from spam calls? If they don't or it's negligible, they aren't going to be open to spending money to block them.
- jimmydddd 10y agoGood point. They could offer a small competitive advantage though. Many people in my neighborhood constantly change between Optimum and FIOS. Maybe if one had robo blocking, it would slightly tip the scales in their favor?
- jonknee 10y agoDo people in your neighborhood have home phone service?
- jimmydddd 10y agoYes. I'm in the 'burbs. Everyone has Internet based land lines.
- justinlardinois 10y agoAre you in an area with poor cellular reception or something?
- jimmydddd 10y agoNope. NY area. Great cell reception. If you're a family living in the 'burbs, it just can be convenient in many ways to maintain a redundant land line. We have all the "cord cutter" services an apartment dwelling millennial would have, but we have the cord stuff too.
- ghaff 10y agoPerhaps, it's getting to that point. In my case, if I decide to drop landline as part of my Comcast bundle one of these days--I keep it for various non-essential but useful reasons--the number of spam calls I get will probably be a factor.