Having about enough of Borg Callers (Robo dialers or equivilant) googled to see what the heck can be done? This cam about when I found my voice mail (landline) could in about 4-5 days fill up from assorted 800 numbers calling and hanging up. Wanting to do somthing about that I googled and came across several amusing and frighting facts. Such as of the 60-65 unique area codes in america about 10-15 have an enormous number of there phone numbers used up by essently fake companies to spam people. Then I came across articles like this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/8-tips-to-stop-annoying-robocalls/ A few other simillar articles say basically: Make sure your on the do not call list, don't bother answering, if your phone supports it block it etc. The cool (and oddly disturbing part) Almost all the comments say: -Try Google voice as your main number Google has a low tollerance for aholery -Report any spam to google as spam who (supposedly) eventually just blocks numbers automatically. -LOUD Music or Noises close to the phone somehow breaks the robodialers so they just wont call. For What it's Worth my experience has been Google Voice seems average for automagic 800 screening. They howevr realy kick butt when you report numbers as spam. I'm also amused coments sugesting loud drumming music (like scotland the brave, the 1812 overature, or Taiko drumming) to stop robo callers on your land line.
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