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Re: Panasonic call blocker [telecom]

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On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 01:37:37PM -0500, Julian THOMAS wrote:
> (There is a Panasonic Call Bloker) For about $110 - claims to be
> preloaded with 14000 robocall/telemarketing numbers.
> 
> Is this worthwhile?  Seems to me a lot of the nuisance calls use
> spoofed numbers.

Let’s talk about the real problem instead of magic boxes which depend
on me believing that I have to pay for someone else’s greed. In a
nutshell, it's that the telemarketing industry is taking advantage of
the telephone etiquette that Americans were taught in schools at a
young age: I learned in college that "Ma Bell" paid to distribute
educational materials to elementary schools nationwide, so as to
inculcate the next generation of consumers with habits that would
increase profits:

* Answer calls quickly
* Be polite and listen carefully
* Pay attention to what the caller is saying
* Take notes

Those lessons are still being taught, although by different
means: I doubt there is anyone under 40 years old who could stand the
thought of letting the electronic leash in their pocket buzz more
than three times before they strike a pose and push "answer," just
like all the actors on TV shows taught them to.

The only solution to ever-more-intrusive sales tactics is to demand
that our elected leaders start to care about OUR quality of life and
OUR right to have the quiet enjoyment of OUR free time.

At the moment, they obviously couldn’t care less. 

Bill Horne

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Panasonic call blocker [telecom] "Julian THOMAS" <Jt@jt-mj.net> - 2023-01-14 13:37 -0500
  Re: Panasonic call blocker [telecom] Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> - 2023-01-14 23:05 +0000
    Re: Panasonic call blocker [telecom] "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@bimajority.org> - 2023-01-16 17:18 +0000
      Re: Panasonic call blocker [telecom] Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> - 2023-01-17 01:35 +0000
        Re: Panasonic call blocker [telecom] "Michael Trew" <michael.trew@att.net> - 2023-01-17 15:12 -0500
  Re: Panasonic call blocker [telecom] "Marco Moock" <mo01@posteo.de> - 2023-01-15 10:43 +0100
  Re: Panasonic call blocker [telecom] "John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> - 2023-01-14 20:16 +0000

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