Re:For 5 bucks a month.. (Score 1)

For the past 7 years I get 4-5 calls a week, sometimes several times a day ... by people, automated dialers... the works, etc... I've asked to be removed, I've written to the National telemarketer managed "please remove from list" registry several times to no avail. I always end up on their lists again. If you even answer the phone telling them to remove you from their list, you will still be "tagged" as a potential target no matter what. Also, there is no Massachusetts "Do-Not-Call-Me Registry", and according to an NPR piece, this natioal legislation is not likely to pass the Senate. So yes, finally I signed up for Verizon's Call Intercept service as well. It is ironic that we are paying our own phone company (a telemarketer itself) a fee to block their own & their business partner's automated dialers. Huh...kinda makes you think that you're getting screwed. Well, it has still been worth every penny I can tell you- no more calls EVER!!! It's also blocked ALL other non-automated telemarkets who aren't willing to sit through a 30 second long outgoing message. $300 over 5 years translates to 16 cents a day. To me, it's been worth EVERY PENNY and then some! Highly recommended. I did not know about the PIN, will inform my two friends who call regularly. If Verizon is pulling the same thing as SBC (harrassing their own customers with automated dialers in order to sign them up for a "blocking service") then they should be punished. But if this service is blocking other company's automated dialers, I have no problem with this service. how can one find out who is running an automated dialer?