I get them on my land line and cellphone …
They come several times a day….
Some even roll over to my voice mail….
They are annoying and i hope never generate one call back to the companies that flood my phones ….
It’s not just you.
Those pesky robocalls — at best annoying disturbances and at worst costly financial scams — are getting worse.
In an age when cellphones have become extensions of our bodies, robocallers now follow people wherever they go, disrupting business meetings, church services and bedtime stories with their children.
Though automated calls have long plagued consumers, the volume has skyrocketed in recent years, reaching an estimated 3.4 billion in April, according to YouMail, which collects and analyzes calls through its robocall blocking service. That’s an increase of almost 900 million a month compared with a year ago.
Federal lawmakers have noticed the surge. Both the House and Senate held hearings on the issue within the last two weeks, and each chamber has either passed or introduced legislation aimed at curbing abuses. Federal regulators have also noticed, issuing new rules in November that give phone companies the authority to block certain robocalls…..
I’ve discussed this matter with you before. Did you sign up for the Federal Do Not Call Registry? The last time, you said you had not. Doing so, would probably alleviate about 90% of this.
It’s more unusual for someone to get robocalls on a cellphone. You might want to register that number too to stop the calls.
It depends on what kind of calls you are getting. If you are getting them from charitable non-profit organizations, or political campaigns, or pollsters, there isn’t anything you can do about those legally, but anything else is something you can probably stop, but you actually have to make the effort of 30 seconds or so to enter your phone number(s) in the Do Not Call database (brought to you by President GWB and a Republican Congress) and then wait for a week or however long it might take to fully kick in.
The filter system is fine now….
It works and the regulars now have full access to the site….
Again….
I believe that NYCmike and RepubliCAN are more comfortable on right leaning sites….
I have come to understand that the month of craziness here dropped several people because they they where put off…
I cannot make people come back….
I will do the best I can ….
I have stopped worrying about the numbers…
They will either return or they won’t….
I’m taking things one day at a time…
And I thank you and the other regulars here for your support and presence at this place…
https://www.donotcall.gov/