* Be in the US, get your mobile number years and years ago and it has the area code of where you lived at the time.
* Move somewhere else, keep the mobile number.
* Now you get 4-5 robocalls per day spoofing numbers from "your" area code and calling at reasonable hours for that area... which are not reasonable hours where you now live.
And if you say "just turn on do not disturb", remember some folks have to be on call for their jobs, don't know in advance what numbers the pager alerts will come from, and so have to leave the phone open to ring from whoever calls. Which will be robocalls with "helpful" offers at 4AM.
What I would love to see in a future mobile operating system is the ability to say "block all calls from this area code unless they're in my contacts".
I realize it's not a great option for lots of people, but the optimal solution is to choose a phone number with an area code far away from where you will ever have any legitimate contacts, and block everything from that area code.
* Be in the US, get your mobile number years and years ago and it has the area code of where you lived at the time.
* Move somewhere else, keep the mobile number.
* Now you get 4-5 robocalls per day spoofing numbers from "your" area code and calling at reasonable hours for that area... which are not reasonable hours where you now live.
And if you say "just turn on do not disturb", remember some folks have to be on call for their jobs, don't know in advance what numbers the pager alerts will come from, and so have to leave the phone open to ring from whoever calls. Which will be robocalls with "helpful" offers at 4AM.
What I would love to see in a future mobile operating system is the ability to say "block all calls from this area code unless they're in my contacts".