said by JPCass:said by Ant718:I NEVER answer a call unless I can see who it is calling on the Caller ID so problem solved for me.
Won't it start to be a problem when you get your 150th call for the day, after you've gone to bed? Your phone is going to be ringing, and the caller ID have to be checked, about every 5 minutes, under a load like this. Presumably they won't call between the most consumer-unfriendly hours of about 11 pm and 7 am - unless perhaps it's an outsourced collection agency call.
Should the burden really be on the recipient to pay for, and use, Caller ID and other technologies? What sort of burdens get imposed on those not readily able to use such technologies, including the elderly and the disabled?
If the numbers are anywhere near realistic, this has the potential to be a real example of "reductio ad absurdum", or an absurd and untenable result. Those who argue that it should be left up to the consumer to handle on their own, have to address a resulting situation that results not merely in the widely scattered waste of consumers' time that has less-than-obvious economic and social costs, but a level of abuse that starts to threaten the very usability of telecommunications devices.
should I rec'v 150 calls a day I will drop the service. I doubt it will get that out of hand.
