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Friday, 2 June 2017
quote [ Companies are arguing to FCC that since the phone never actually rings that their ringless voicemails shouldn't be regulated. ]
My public comment:
I pay for the service of having voicemail recorded for me. If that voicemail is clogged up with ringless robocalls, then I am being deprived of the service I pay for, against my will and consent. That is THEFT. I refuse to spend my time cleaning up garbage that someone else is forcing on me. It could also result in missing important messages I actually do want to receive, or it could make it difficult or impossible for someone to get a voicemail message to me (if, for example, the robocalls fill up my inbox). The first time someone misses a message about an emergency or a loved one dying or the like, you can expect a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. Robocalls should be ILLEGAL. And ringless voicemail robocalls? HELL NO.
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hellboy said @ 7:12pm GMT on 2nd Jun
To file a complaint to the FCC, go to https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings/express, enter 02-278 in the field for "Proceeding(s)" and type your comments at the bottom of the page. It's not necessary to mention "ringless voicemail," but it can't hurt. |
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spazm said @ 7:16pm GMT on 2nd Jun
That's fucked up. I'm glad we haven't reached that point yet over here.
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Hugh E. said @ 7:32pm GMT on 2nd Jun
How are ringless voicemail different from fliers in the mailbox?
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sanepride said @ 7:50pm GMT on 2nd Jun
If you read read his comments hellboy does a pretty good job of explaining the time, trouble, and potential expense of dealing with junk VM messages. Meanwhile, it takes me maybe a few seconds to sort through the flyers in my mailbox and dump them in the recycle bin.
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hellboy said @ 8:23pm GMT on 2nd Jun
I think mailbox fliers (cheap bulk mail) should be opt-in. Mine go straught in the recycling, I don't even look at them.
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C18H27NO3 said[1] @ 8:50pm GMT on 2nd Jun
[Score:1 Insightful]
Why do we even acknowledge junk mail as something we just have to "put up with?" We've been culturally conditioned to accept this but scream bloody murder when we have to delete emails.
Bulk mail rates just enables corporations to litter us and the environment with crap, yet we're all up in arms with outrage over VM inboxes? How much paper and carbon is used up in delivering refuse that goes straight into a recycle bin? I routinely clean up my vestibule from garbage in the name of "marketing" and "isn't capitalism grand." Don't get me wrong, I despise the idea of advertisements going directly to my mobile phone inbox, but why isn't everybody running around with their hair on fire over call marketers leaving VM messages on your home phone? They can find terrorists and have them on watch lists using all kinds of technology, yet I get two calls a day from bullshit fishing schemes and marketing, and law enforcement says we can't find them when they use proxies. Do Not Call registry's are a joke, but hey. Don't fuck with my social media and communication platforms. . . I understand the difference, but fundamentally it's the same goddam thing. I guess quality of life is subject to interpretation. It's a technology thing, I guess. /shrug |
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foobar said @ 6:41pm GMT on 4th Jun
Who still has a home phone?
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youchoose said @ 8:46pm GMT on 2nd Jun
If this happens i will just change my outgoing message to "You've reached me. Don't leave a message as i will never, ever check voicemail. Text or email me if you want me to get back to you, or try later"
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krupa said @ 2:52pm GMT on 3rd Jun
Due to the burden of voicemail, I stopped using it.
If someone really really really needs to reach me, they can call again. If not, then it's less distractions, less social interference. |
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