Phone companies are required to connect all phone calls in the US. So they can't really do anything about it. Spam callers can go to any disreputable carrier an

Phone companies are required to connect all phone calls in the US. So they can't really do anything about it. Spam callers can go to any disreputable carrier and all other carriers have to connect their calls. There was actually a really weird phone scam going back a while that was just making calls that tried to keep people on the line as long as possible to make money off of the interconnect fees companies can charge each other. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/251 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/251 https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/104-case-phantom-caller https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/104-case-phantom-calle...