I’ve been living with just a cell phone my entire adult life, but earlier this year I decided to try an experiment and installed a landline from Time Warner Cable, with the coveted 212 Manhattan area code for $20 a month.
Immediately, the robots came calling.
"Rachel" from "cardholder services," Tom with "Home Security," and other pre-recorded voices promising debt relief, low interest rates, and auto warranties called me at least once a day. I added my number to the Do Not Call registry, which had zero effect. I canceled service after a month. I was getting more calls from robots than people.
I was getting more calls from robots than people
The Federal Trade Commission is taking this annoying, persistent problem very seriously....
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/28/3924544/who-can-stop-robocalls-ftcs-attempt-to-crowdsource-a-solution-falls
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