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Michigan Republican unseated after losing to Democrat by 20 points
(www.newsweek.com)
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Blame the FCC. It used to be illegal to telemarket to cell numbers.
You can blame congress as well. They could be making laws to help with this
I think I'll blame the people who actually have the capability of doing something about it. They could have done this years ago.
I don't think the phone companies have the power you imagine them to have.
If the entire global was controlled by a single entity they could stop this but that's not the reality. There are tons of gateway providers that you have never heard of.
This is literally the job of the FCC and they are already working on it but it takes time to herd this many cats. The big ones have already done their part.
Phone companies could easily prevent call spoofing which would make it easy for them to block known scam numbers. They have chosen not to.
You didn't read anything I said or anything in the link.
You do not understand the problem and willfully do so.
There’s just no incentive. The market is going to dictate that carriers allow this to happen.
It has to be regulated. But “the market” also has its hand in congress’s underpants - the same congress that passes laws, and approves assignments, so only “approved“ people make their way to regulatory positions.
I guess "It's just business" has been used to justify worse things
As far as I’m aware, there is a website that allows you to sign up to stop receiving these calls in the US. It’s worked for me and I never get sales calls anymore.
Sign up here
Thanks for the reminder! Says I did it in 2018, but I registered again along with my 2nd number and my wife's. We shall see...