---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20170517203643.8297.qmail@ary.lan> Date: 17 May 2017 20:36:43 -0000 From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Subject: Re: Are Robocalls Flooding Your Cellphone? Here's the cure In article <2wmnou8nhp9d$.lxed0lo4vvnn$.dlg@40tude.net> you write: >(On a tangent: am I right that 799 is a not a US but a Mexican area code?) Mexico is not part of the NANP, and there is no 799 area code within Mexico. If there were, it would probably show up as 52 799 xxx xxx. Within the NANP, N9X codes are reserved for expansion past 10 digits. International codes starting with +79 are mobile numbers in Russia and some other former Soviet Union countries. But I'm pretty sure that's not who it was. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <61526354-6D5B-43C1-A23E-3E86054DCB95@roscom.com> Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 21:57:11 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Austin man sues date for texting inside theater Austin man sues date for texting during Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 A man is suing a Round Rock woman for texting during a movie date at the Barton Creek Square theater, according to a petition filed in small claims court in Travis County. Brandon Vezmar, 37, of Austin filed the claim Thursday against his date. He is asking for $17.31, which was the price of the movie ticket to a 3D showing of "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2," he told the American-Statesman Tuesday. http://www.statesman.com/news/local/this-crazy-austin-man-sues-date-for-texting-during-movie/NVZRQcXkONqKuTtSTtX1JK/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20170517203739.8318.qmail@ary.lan> Date: 17 May 2017 20:37:39 -0000 From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> Subject: Re: Are Robocalls Flooding Your Cellphone? Here's the cure In article <a9f68d76-7790-468b-a2a6-22321023ed09@googlegroups.com> you write: > How effective is it if you just press 1 to talk to a live operator, > then set the phone down and go on with your life? Does that waste > enough of their time to annoy them? In my experience, no. I've also tried saying PLEASE HOLD FOR THE NEXT AVAILABLE OPERATOR and putting them on hold, which doesn't work either. ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20170518091528.GB12061@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 05:15:28 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Re: Are Robocalls Flooding Your Cellphone? Here's the cure On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 08:37:39PM -0000, John Levine wrote: > In article <a9f68d76-7790-468b-a2a6-22321023ed09@googlegroups.com> you write: > > How effective is it if you just press 1 to talk to a live operator, > > then set the phone down and go on with your life? Does that waste > > enough of their time to annoy them? > > In my experience, no. I've also tried saying PLEASE HOLD FOR THE NEXT > AVAILABLE OPERATOR and putting them on hold, which doesn't work > either. The latest ones I've gotten are repeated calls from people pitching "extended" car warranties. As always, the tactics are changing: like spam, robocall prevention is an arms race. The latest trick is to connect me, briefly, to a human, who promptly hangs up with nothing said, so it's clear that my name is on their PITA list, but they either can't or won't modify their call engine to avoid my number in the first place. Bill -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20170518090817.GA12061@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 05:08:17 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Re: Austin man sues date for texting inside theater On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 09:57:11PM -0400, Monty Solomon wrote: > Austin man sues date for texting during Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 > > A man is suing a Round Rock woman for texting during a movie date at > the Barton Creek Square theater, according to a petition filed in > small claims court in Travis County. > > Brandon Vezmar, 37, of Austin filed the claim Thursday against his > date. He is asking for $17.31, which was the price of the movie ticket > to a 3D showing of "Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2," he told the > American-Statesman Tuesday. > http://www.statesman.com/news/local/this-crazy-austin-man-sues-date-for-texting-during-movie/NVZRQcXkONqKuTtSTtX1JK/ > I wonder if the defendent will consider a counterclaim against her date for pretending to be a sensitive New Age Austin guy? ;-) Bill -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my emails address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <ct7rhcd37ca8sf174mg6tk4m8o74kcme5l@4ax.com> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 09:21:50 -0400 From: Pete Cresswell <PeteCress@invalid.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Chatbot For Home PC? Have things progressed yet to where a home PC user can put up an audio chatbot and use it to mess with telephone solicitors? --- Pete Cresswell ***** Moderator's Note ***** I don't think so: there are always demands that a listener push or say something to convince the robocall logic that an actual human is on the line, instead of an answering machine. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <D7680A28-C22B-4DEE-8260-AE39AFA1F108@roscom.com> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 23:27:25 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: FCC votes to kill Title II net neutrality rules Net neutrality going down in flames as FCC votes to kill Title II rules by Jon Brodkin The US Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 today to start the process of eliminating net neutrality rules and the classification of home and mobile Internet service providers as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposes eliminating the Title II classification and seeks comment on what, if anything, should replace the current net neutrality rules. But Chairman Ajit Pai is making no promises about reinstating the two-year-old net neutrality rules that forbid ISPs from blocking or throttling lawful Internet content or prioritizing content in exchange for payment. Pai's proposal argues that throttling websites and applications might somehow help Internet users. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/net-neutrality-goes-down-in-flames-as-fcc-votes-to-kill-title-ii-rules/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <BDA50E86-1C01-4B47-BA8C-00409AD55652@roscom.com> Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 18:03:57 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Robotexting Law Violates Free Speech Rights, Facebook Says Robotexting Law Violates Free Speech Rights, Facebook Says by Wendy Davis A law that prohibits companies from sending robotexts to users without their consent violates Facebook's free speech rights, the company says in new court papers. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act "runs headlong into the First Amendment," Facebook says in a petition asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to immediately review a trial judge's refusal to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the company of violating the law. https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/300885/robotexting-law-violates-free-speech-rights-faceb.html ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Fri, 19 May 2017