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Oh, I can actually weigh in here. In the past ten years, I've spent significant amounts of time in the US, France and the UK. In the UK, I get the occasional

Oh, I can actually weigh in here. In the past ten years, I've spent significant amounts of time in the US, France and the UK. In the UK, I get the occasional spam call ("I'm calling with regards to the recent accident that wasn't your fault..."). At its peak, I got about one such call per week. It's been months since I've had a spam call. In France, I got zero. In the 7 years I lived there, I got exactly zero. Every time I go to the US, I get 2-5 per day ("last chance to renew the extended warranty on your car"). As is often the case, things are bigger in the US.

jakub_g 7y ago
Living in France since 2012, I get zero French spam calls on my mobile. I'm getting some immediate-disconnect calls from Algerian numbers though (no idea what those are). I used to get silent calls on a landline though, back when I had one (even if I never gave the number to anyone). One fine day I just disconnected it as it was annoying. I used to get occasional spam calls on my rarely-used old Polish number, but since beginning this year they somehow stopped (late effect of GDPR perhaps?)
teruakohatu 7y ago
In New Zealand many people get 1-2 per day, often using UK numbers (+44)
perl4ever 7y ago
Different people in the US have different experiences. Why is some random anecdote (assuming it's not made up) good enough to define xxx million people? I don't get 2-5 calls per day. My experience is more like what you describe with the UK. But that could be affected by my being on the do not call list on one hand, and on the other, occasionally answering a telemarketer by accident when I'm waiting for another call.
- omginternets 7y ago
  >Why is some random anecdote (assuming it's not made up) good enough to define xxx million people? It's not. Who told you it was? Experience reports are still useful and interesting.
Legogris 7y ago
France has actually been the worst for me spam-call-wise - used to get daily calls until recently. I think it comes down to chance (handing over your cell to the wrong hairdresser/gym/restaurant/online shop/whatever) and once you're in the wrong register, the online thing you can do is rotate numbers.

jakub_g 7y ago

Living in France since 2012, I get zero French spam calls on my mobile. I'm getting some immediate-disconnect calls from Algerian numbers though (no idea what those are). I used to get silent calls on a landline though, back when I had one (even if I never gave the number to anyone). One fine day I just disconnected it as it was annoying. I used to get occasional spam calls on my rarely-used old Polish number, but since beginning this year they somehow stopped (late effect of GDPR perhaps?)

teruakohatu 7y ago

In New Zealand many people get 1-2 per day, often using UK numbers (+44)

perl4ever 7y ago

Different people in the US have different experiences. Why is some random anecdote (assuming it's not made up) good enough to define xxx million people? I don't get 2-5 calls per day. My experience is more like what you describe with the UK. But that could be affected by my being on the do not call list on one hand, and on the other, occasionally answering a telemarketer by accident when I'm waiting for another call.

omginternets 7y ago
>Why is some random anecdote (assuming it's not made up) good enough to define xxx million people? It's not. Who told you it was? Experience reports are still useful and interesting.

Legogris 7y ago

France has actually been the worst for me spam-call-wise - used to get daily calls until recently. I think it comes down to chance (handing over your cell to the wrong hairdresser/gym/restaurant/online shop/whatever) and once you're in the wrong register, the online thing you can do is rotate numbers.