<html><head></head><body>That's all such a load of bs from phoneCo. They get PAID to allow calls to traverse to other customers. I find it ludicrous that phoneCo A doesn't have a list of numbers from phoneCo B that can't be validated at least daily. The ability to disconnect a voip provider that sends garbage is there. But the garbage voip providers are a steady income stream for phoneCo so they just blanket auth the crap. <br><br>Maybe a $100 per call penalty to the voip provider (and no bankruptcy allowed - C-level is on the hook personally for this) and a public flogging of the phoneCo exec that signed the deal will get their attention.<br><br>Yeah. I've had about 300 too many "your car warranty is expiring" calls to have any mercy left. My block list is huge.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On August 26, 2021 12:50:14 PM EDT, Phil Turmel via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Those aren't the callers' real numbers. They are spoofing their caller <br>ID to make it look like a neighbor. (Easy to do with bulk Voip <br>providers, unfortunately.)<br><br>If you block them, you really can block a neighbor.<br><br>Supposedly, there is a move to require crypto-signed authentication of <br>caller ID at the provider level, but I gather providers are dragging <br>their heels at the expense/liability. ):<br><br>On 8/25/21 10:39 AM, Boris Borisov via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">Lately I've been getting phone calls with good deals on Medicare :)<br><br>Seems to come from phone numbers with different last 4 digits.<br><br>How can I block entire "subnet" of phone numbers.<br><br>Android.<hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br><br></blockquote><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>