I have a question for people who live outside the US……………. how many spam phone calls are you getting daily, on average 👀 …….. this isn’t just us, right?
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By the looks of the comments, several times a day. I think in the US you get charged for incoming calls / texts as well as outgoing, so I'm interested to know if they get charged for the spam calls too.
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First part correct, second part not correct. I’m not sure if you could even get a phone plan with such a model here.
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Back when most cellphone plans charged for phone minutes, that was true. (In the US you can't tell if the number you're calling is a cell by looking at the digits, so caller couldn't pay.) Now it's mostly unlimited calls/texts and charging for data usage (or tiers of usage).
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Replying to @davidbaron @underscoredan @vampire_bunny @Fairysoprano @sarahjeong
Oops, "that" meant that we paid for incoming calls and texts just like outgoing.

Aug 2, 2022 · 12:59 AM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @underscoredan @Fairysoprano @sarahjeong
Well, that's good! I first noticed it on the TV show Maid, she'd run out of minutes and couldn't receive an incoming call. Asked a few American folk about it and they said it was true. But it looks like that's no longer the case! Because that's absolutely nuts.
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