Shrub supporters like to point at Do Not Call as evidence of successful legislation

[spiderpig]

Was there ever a more useless waste of time than this horsehockey?

I'm retired, home all day, and sight-impaired. We registered with the utterly toothless DNC list years ago and gave up.

I don't care if I'm flossing my teeth or picking lint out of my navel - the relentless robocalls make me furious. They come on both landline and our smartphones, both of which have call blocking options, which we use.

But not until we've been interrupted during whatever we're doing, and even after entering numbers into blocking, we still get the peremptory ring.

I hate telemarketing. And that includes political dial-ups. I know who I'm voting for, for Dawg's sake. Leave me alone!!! And get off my lawn!

[Sherman A1]

1. I never answer a phone call

from a number I do not recognize. If it's important they will leave a message. I too am retired and get very few phone calls of that type, maybe one or two a week if that many.

[spiderpig]

4. I don't answer either.

It's just the nanosecond of distraction that makes me crazy. We get up to 6 a day. The last one was at 8:57pm (cut off after one ring by our call blocked function).

We'll be engaged in a very important discussion about the Red Sox lineup and -ringring-

[uponit7771]

2. I get them for home security, its day after day

[Lochloosa]

3. Dryer vent cleaning.

[spiderpig]

6. Solar panels.

We're in a homeowners' group and couldn't install them on our own if we wanted to.

[spiderpig]

5. And what about the fake breast cancer awareness fraud?

Those people ought to be roast on a spit for exploiting cancer victims.

[MattP]

7. nomorobo works it takes a little work to set up but it's worth it

Saw a report on the local news about it
https://www.nomorobo.com

[spiderpig]

8. Thanks MattP - will check it out

[MattP]

9. I love it, I don't know how I lived without it

It blocks 99% of all spam calls

[GeorgeGist]

12. Unfortunately, Nomorobo is not available on traditional analog landlines or wireless phones

https://www.nomorobo.com/signup

[Warren DeMontague]

10. There are fewer than there used to be.

Unfortunately now calls are made from overseas or otherwise have the origin concealed. But the law- which was pushed by a good many Dems, IIRC- did improve the situation.

[Nye Bevan]

11. DNC works, but only for legitimate businesses that follow the law.

The problem is all of the crooks, for example the "Rachel from Card Services" callers, who spoof the caller ID, don't tell you who they are, and try to get you to give them your credit card number and other personal information.