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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by qwerty456127 on Saturday March 30, 2019 @08:10PM (#19532820)
IMHO inbound calls should have negative price for everybody by default. Phone network operators should raise prices for calling people and share part of this money with the recipient.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by ndnxhs on Sunday March 31, 2019 @01:22AM (#19534044)
Just ban spam calling.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by bottled_poe on Sunday March 31, 2019 @03:34AM (#19534367)
This is not easy to define, so this does not seem like a realistic strategy.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by hrktb on Sunday March 31, 2019 @05:07AM (#19534593)
Not all annoying and inane calls are spam.

I also don’t want my doctors office to call me to remind me of a reservation I already got reminded by SMS and email, and would have received a fax if they knew I could receive them.

I strongly agree inbound call should have way higher cost for the caller, except for very special cases like emergency services and administrations. I’ll pay to call my family, it’s important enough to me. I’m already paying for support and other service lines anyway.

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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by c22 on Sunday March 31, 2019 @09:00AM (#19535339)
On the other hand isn't it amazing that we live in a world where phone calls are so cheap almost everyone can afford to call their families?
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by Wowfunhappy on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:18AM (#19533837)
How does this work when a friend is calling you?
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by saalweachter on Sunday March 31, 2019 @01:53AM (#19534126)
If they're a real friend and you're not an asshole you'll call them as often as they call you.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by thoughtfunction on Sunday March 31, 2019 @12:45AM (#19533919)
Whitelisting, and you can press a button to refund after the call.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by qwerty456127 on Monday April 01, 2019 @09:32PM (#19550249)
No, there should be no option to refund. If there is it will become a moral obligation, many people will feel bad about not-refunding in whatever a case.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by qwerty456127 on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @02:46AM (#19551611)
I mean when non-spammers but annoying people call.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by thoughtfunction on Thursday April 04, 2019 @09:41PM (#19578894)
It's about mass marketing spam, not people you know. People you know will call from a consistent phone number, and you can use time tested methods such as not answering instead of making them pay 0.10 to talk to you.
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Re:Man makes money from cold calls with his own higher-rate ... by qwerty456127 on Monday April 01, 2019 @07:44PM (#19549541)
Most of my friends don't (and I love this!), they send me messages in Telegram and WhatsApp and we either discuss the matter this way or meet in person. If I felt like I am to call a friend I wouldn't mind to spend twice the rate and I would certainly love a half to go to the friend's account instead of just the phone company account.
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