3 ms·
While the desire to enable carrier level and carrier determined blocking of calls seems appealing for functionality, make sure to strongly consider the signific
by frankydp 7y ago
While the desire to enable carrier level and carrier determined blocking of calls seems appealing for functionality, make sure to strongly consider the significant power that such authority would create. As a change would revert a base requirement of being a carrier which is connect all calls, in the same vein as net neutrality.
- m463 7y agoI wouldn't mind if each call had a connection fee, such as a penny to try to connect to a number. That would (might?) align the carriers with the changes necessary. I also find it really annoying how cellphone and smartphone companies don't give individuals the tools to redirect unknown callers to voicemail or do some sort of basic algorithmic/call screening things. On iphone the most beginning programmer could come up with something better than do not disturb.
- briandear 7y agoiOS 13 does have this. You can silence unknown callers or callers not in your contacts. This is independent of Do Not Disturb.
- test6554 7y agoI would mostly disable my inbound calling capability altogether if I could. There is just ever so slightly more than zero benefit to receiving voice phone calls.
- oceanghost 7y agoIn its current state the telephone system is unusable. Whatever emerges from the ashes of our current system, we will have to judge on its own merrits.