XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: 12345@12345.com   
      
   Arlen G. Holder wrote:   
      
   > I don't know what technology the carriers would choose to   
   > implement, where I could perhaps assume the carriers   
   > (combined or alone) might have access to systemic   
   > "characteristic dialing patterns" that we, as recipients,   
   > won't have access to.   
      
   My home phone (Cox) gives me free access to Nomorobo. Since   
   installing it my junk calls have decreased by more than 80%.   
   But some still get through. My understanding is that they   
   compare the incoming number with a spam database and a match   
   triggers a hangup. It does require one ring to work and that   
   still might be annoying to some, but thankfully my cordless   
   phone system can be programmed to silence the first ring so   
   I get blessed complete silence...   
      
   Likewise Verizon now has a free app that does the same for   
   their cell customers. The wife's cell phone has also had a   
   dramatic drop in spam calls since installation.   
      
   But my cell phone is 100% spam free. I simply use a blocker   
   app that blocks everything except my contact list. So I   
   actually have no spam, nospam... ;)   
      
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