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An annoying telemarketing scam
aligncare:
--- Quote from: Chieftain on May 13, 2012, 09:51:24 am ---Endless telemarketers and obnoxious political robocalls are what finally drove us to get MagicJack phone service and cancel our regular telephone service all together. It costs $20 a year, as opposed to $37 a month, and we have not had one late evening obnoxious phone call since.
My wife and I have cell phones that features unlimited cell to cell calling and that's how we stay in touch. We also do not have the local 911 callback "service", but that was part of what was running us $37 a month in the first place. The peace and quiet has been worth it.
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I've been on MagicJack for 2 years. Can't beat that savings on phone service. Is it perfect? No worse than cell phones. I just renewed for the 5 year deal, $69.00.
Chieftain:
--- Quote from: aligncare on May 13, 2012, 09:30:31 pm ---I've been on MagicJack for 2 years. Can't beat that savings on phone service. Is it perfect? No worse than cell phones. I just renewed for the 5 year deal, $69.00.
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The only downside I've seen is we are off of the 911 system, in that they can't call us unless we register with the County emergency agency, which we have no intention of doing. I can still call 911 but they probably cannot ID the house on their system. Same goes with trying to order movies on DirecTV. The box no longer sees the telephone connection.
Minor inconveniences compared with the bliss of no more robocalls.....
Atomic Cow:
--- Quote from: Chieftain on May 13, 2012, 09:28:59 pm ---If you think the phone scams are bad, try running a web site. Any of the Admins here can tell you what a PITA it is fighting of the intarwebs spambots, and they are nonstop trying to sign up at sites like this one so they can pimp everything you can imagine...
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You would not believe how many Spam BOTS Myst and I reject on a daily basis.
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