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We have that here too. Usually when you sign up your spam calls actually increase because spammers use the list of "banned numbers" as a list of "verified numb
by jedberg 5y ago
We have that here too. Usually when you sign up your spam calls actually increase because spammers use the list of "banned numbers" as a list of "verified numbers of real humans".
With CallID spoofing its so hard to track down that violators never get enforced.
In India you have the advantage that the caller pays, which means you have a phone system that somewhat securely verifies who the caller is so they can be billed. In the US the receiver pays so there is no system in place to verify who the caller is.
- LilBytes 5y agoPlus, if the call comes from overseas they're not going to respect the DND from your country unless the fake caller is also from your country of origin. I can't say definitively but the vast majority of my spam calls are from South Asia or South East Asia (I'd guess Philistines based on accent). They typically don't respect the Australian Do Not Call register so much.
- 2143 5y ago> Usually when you sign up your spam calls actually increase because spammers use the list Why is that information public? Shouldn't only the "middleware" equivalent be aware of who has signed up? > In the US the receiver pays so there is no system in place to verify who the caller is. What?! Why?!
- kwhitefoot 5y ago> In the US the receiver pays so there is no system in place to verify who the caller is. What? That's bonkers. Why on earth should the receiver pay?
- Monotoko 5y agoI almost forgot about this rule, the receiver and the caller both pay for calls.
- hansel_der 5y agostill bonkers until proven otherwise
- mrkstu 5y agoWell, no one pays for a 'call'- generally in the US inbound/outbound calls are unlimited on a landline and lately on cell lines as well as minutes restrictions have dissipated. Growing up in the US you only had to worry about long distance or 'local long distance,' which, ironically, was often more expensive than regular long distance.
- pards 5y agoThis is the root cause of North America's broken telephony system. $30/month buys you a landline with unlimited outbound calls to both landlines and mobile phones. The system has no facility to meter outbound calls from a landline.
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