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They also demonstrate the ineffectiveness of the government.<\/p>\nThey also demonstrate the ineffectiveness of the government.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m on the Do NOT CALL list. I\u2019ve been on that list for literally years, possibly a decade or more at this point.<\/p>\n
Yet I get this kind of thing at least once or twice a day. I\u2019ve also noticed that I\u2019m getting the x2 calls sometimes x3 calls because they\u2019re trying to break through a do not disturb block on the phone.<\/p>\n
DND on most phones will allow multiple rapid calls from the same number to ring through on the presumption that it\u2019s an emergency of some kind.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s see, why would someone turn on DND? Could it be they\u2019re in class? How about work? Maybe in a meeting? How about at a funeral? Or in a job interview? Holding the hand of a dying loved one?<\/p>\n
I get annoyed these moronic telemarketers or whatever they are, somehow think what they\u2019ve got to say is so important that they need to override your need to not be disturbed.<\/p>\n
Apparently however, their oh so important message is not worthy of leaving a voice mail.<\/p>\n
This shit bugs the hell out of me. Just got another one while typing this blog.<\/p>\n
There is one common element to all these numbers.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re owned by some cloud telecom company, Thus far the most prevalent is ONVOY, LLC and more recently someone called COMMIO LLC.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think these companies are operating under the same licenses as say AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, or Frontier.<\/p>\n
COMMIO is based in North Carolina<\/p>\n
ONVOY is based in Minnesota.<\/p>\n
I think they both just rent numbers to whoever, via VOIP so God only knows where the actual phone call is originating from.<\/p>\n
Both companies can wash their hands of any breach of protocol or laws because they\u2019re just making VOIP devices available to their clients and have no idea or indeed control over how those services are used.<\/p>\n
There’s probably some loophole about the \u201cDo Not Call\u201d registry that only includes copper analog landlines from traditional telephone providers and completely omits anything that was transmitted digitally.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know for sure but that would make sense. How the hell could the buffoons in Congress begin to understand what they should and should not limit.<\/p>\n
At least one of the companies was founded in 1992 the other in 2012. Both are associated with SPAM calls & Texts so frequently they\u2019re included in letter from the Federal Trade Commission to 19 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers warning them that \u201cassisting and facilitating\u201d illegal telemarketing.<\/p>\n
Thus far though, it looks as if the FTC hasn\u2019t been able to sink their legal teeth into these companies.<\/p>\n
On the two companies web sites, it\u2019s interesting that they say they\u2019re concerned about privacy. Uh Huh. Their own!<\/p>\n
Commio llc searches are very strange. The data either starts to come up and then is wiped from the screen, or you get \u201cThere\u2019s nothing to report\u201d But if you look for information about other VoIP providers being in trouble with the FTC suddenly you get all kinds of information about Commio themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Super weird, but I don\u2019t want to take the time to dig into why searches like “Commio llc Spam\u201d are so weird. If I was suspicious, I\u2019d think something was being done to hide their association with telephone and SMS Spam.<\/p>\n
And people wonder why I like being able to run Windows on my Mac. It was using the Edge browser on Windows 11 that allowed me to see that something strange was going on. DuckDuck Go just kept telling me there was nothing to see or there was an error. I didn\u2019t have to load another browser or use Google, on my primary operating system. Why? I have a viable Windows OS that I could wipe out and reload from my NAS drive in less than 10 minutes. I wouldn\u2019t even care! There\u2019s nothing to lose and nothing important in that Windows OS.<\/em><\/p>\n Nonetheless it leads me back to the question of leaving my phone sending ALL<\/strong><\/em> Unknown callers to voicemail or buying a subscription to one of the applications that compare the incoming call against a database of known spammers allowing only the non-spam calls to get through.<\/p>\n I worry, I\u2019m missing calls that I\u2019d otherwise be interested in receiving.<\/p>\n Say calls from prospective employers? Although I\u2019d expect legitimate prospective employers to leave a message and a call back number.<\/p>\n I suppose part of this is election crap. There’s been an uptick in calls lately. I could attribute those to political solicitation. After the election is won, lost, stolen, or delayed indefinitely, I\u2019m pretty sure the calls will slow down again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" They also demonstrate the ineffectiveness of the government. I\u2019m on the Do NOT CALL list. I\u2019ve been on that list for literally years, possibly a decade or more at this point. Yet I get this kind of thing at least once or twice a day. I\u2019ve also noticed that I\u2019m getting the x2 calls sometimes … <\/p>\n