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I don’t see the utility being very high. PBXs? Surely you can get a block of numbers you’re allowed to have and use those. After hours doctor return calls? Ro
by mikeash 7y ago
I don’t see the utility being very high.
PBXs? Surely you can get a block of numbers you’re allowed to have and use those.
After hours doctor return calls? Route the call through the physical office, or just call from a different number.
A system that’s overrun with spam is as useless as having no system at all. We got close to that with email in the late 90s and we’re getting close with phones today. Requiring some minor, inconsequential changes to how a few people use the system should be easily acceptable.
- PenguinCoder 7y agoI have a PBX (Asterisk) I setup as my main/primary/only personal number. That number is given out to anyone who needs it. The beauty of this is, no one has my personal cell (or other) numbers. This makes it very easy for me to block any spam numbers. In fact, I inject the FCC telemarketer spam caller list into the system blacklist. I also have it setup that the caller needs to 'press 1' to reach a human. It's not exactly hard to setup, but is certainly not for non-technical folks. However this system has given me the control over my phone number, callers, and spammers.
- zyberzero 7y agoI've been looking in to doing so myself; but then the hassle (for me) is all test based communication. How can you keep your personal cell number a secret, while having access to texts? (I need to give my phone number to a number of companies so that they can text me)
- RandomInteger4 7y agoBetter yet, why not just scrap the whole system and implement IP addresses and security certificates for the phone system. We seemed to have already solved pretty much every analogous situation there that the phone system is dealing with.