> Who are these people that answer the phone for numbers not in their contacts anyway? Or check voicemail? If someone wants to get a hold of you via your phone number and you actually want to speak to them, they'll SMS.

Sorry, but I am glad you’re not on the board of the FCC. While I do get spam VM, usually less that 5 seconds in length that doesn’t get converted to text, I still get a lot of VM from friends and family that gets converted to text, awkwardly which I read a listen to if necessary.