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I'm not sure if other carriers have options for this but Koodo has a spam reduction option you can turn on that makes the caller press a randomized number 0-9 before they will connect you. We turned that on a couple of years ago and have gotten maybe 1 spam call since then. It does stop the occasional real person who is too dumb to understand "press 3 to connect your call" but on the whole it's worth it. Doesn't stop those weird texts though.
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Cocaine Bear posted:E: anyone else getting buttloads of "hi" or "hey, can we talk?" texts from random area codes around the country? I'm pretty sure it's hot single women that want to get to know me but I'm too shy to respond. The spammers are now sending these types of txts to random numbers in order to get the numbers whitelisted as good senders in the spam filters of the telcos. Later they'll do a huge run to a provider with that source number. (They're even doing it with phone calls now) Remember the 00s for weird spam? It's hitting the telco world now.
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Aug 10, 2022 13:32
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Squibbles posted:I'm not sure if other carriers have options for this but Koodo has a spam reduction option you can turn on that makes the caller press a randomized number 0-9 before they will connect you. We turned that on a couple of years ago and have gotten maybe 1 spam call since then. It does stop the occasional real person who is too dumb to understand "press 3 to connect your call" but on the whole it's worth it. Same, and I think it was this very thread I learned of it. Was getting them multiple times a day and I turned that option on and stopped it all instantly. unknown posted:The spammers are now sending these types of txts to random numbers in order to get the numbers whitelisted as good senders in the spam filters of the telcos. This is why I don't feel bad about not responding to that wrong number text I got a few days ago. I could help out the niece who just wanted Aunt Raven to have her new number but I'm just going to assume it's some kind of ploy.
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Aug 10, 2022 14:37
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some kinda jackal posted:Is Rogers starting to insert "Likely Spam" into caller ID for suspicious calls now or is this something I added to my phone without remembering it? I had to turn off the iOS Silence Unknown Callers things for a while as I was having to get doctors appointments etc. from blocked numbers and new places.
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Aug 10, 2022 14:41
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some kinda jackal posted:Is Rogers starting to insert "Likely Spam" into caller ID for suspicious calls now or is this something I added to my phone without remembering it? It's part of your phone OS.  Yes, Apple/Google/etc are tracking your calls - they are making guesses on tagging spam calls when they attempt to do caller-id lookups.
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Aug 10, 2022 15:56
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some kinda jackal posted:Basically if it's not a number in my address book I will literally not pick up the phone. This. Haven't received any texts in quite a while though. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 16:38 on Aug 10, 2022 |
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Aug 10, 2022 16:36
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I've actually been getting more of those generic sounding texts over whatsapp. I get a few directly through SMS but probably 3 or 4x as many via WA. Maybe it's easier to automate whatsapp messages or something and since whatsapp contacts are basically phone numbers it's easier to spam and gain the same knowledge (is this number in use by someone)? Or they are trying to train facebook's spam AI at the same time as the carrier ones. Who knows
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Aug 10, 2022 17:18
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Comedy option: Everyone should switch to Discord. Never had a single spam message.
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Aug 10, 2022 17:24
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Send them goatse. Seriously. 100% success rate for me in stopping spammers. Make your reply a flood of gaped anuses.
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Aug 10, 2022 17:40
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Not to sound pessimistic, but I'm pretty sure the automated bot on the other end won't get the hint :P
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Aug 10, 2022 18:16
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some kinda jackal posted:Not to sound pessimistic, but I'm pretty sure the automated bot on the other end won't get the hint :P a lot (but I concede, not all) of these scammers are working out of literal call centers overseas. you might be surprised at how many times an actual person is on the other end, even if they are just following a script. edit: my general thoughts about these things are this: if I can make one scammer's day worse and potentially lay the seeds of "maybe this isn't for me" by either sending disgusting pictures or yelling awful obscenities at them, then I consider it a job well done. edit2: ok actually maybe not 'literal call centers' for the text based stuff, but my point still remains that you will often times be dealing with an actual person. it's pretty quickly obvious if you give an unexpected response to something they say, and they make a contextual reply rather than just continuing as if you'd said the expected answer. tinder for example is full of bots because it can be easily accessed through a PC and automated on a large scale. directly sms messages much less so, in my experience. thunderspanks fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Aug 10, 2022 |
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Aug 10, 2022 18:22
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Huh. I guess if labour is cheap enough then sure.
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Aug 10, 2022 18:25
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Every time I check my Google Voice L.A. number there are like 15 car warranty scam texts.
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Aug 10, 2022 18:42
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Oh hell, now you reminded me I have a GV number that I haven't checked in like five years. This should be good, assuming they haven't aged it out.
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Aug 10, 2022 18:45
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whoops meant to post this here and not the internet thread Looks like Public Mobile is offering 4G speed plans again? $45 for 6GB/mo https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/on/plans/6GB-4Gspeed
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Aug 12, 2022 12:23
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Loving the side by side CBC articles this morning. "Telus shatters profit record again reaching ungodly sums per quarter" and "Telus asks CRTC to allow them to add a 1.5% surcharge to customers paying their bill with a credit card" Guess I'll use the alternative payment method of taping bills and change to a carrier pigeon.
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Aug 12, 2022 13:59
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Cocaine Bear posted:Loving the side by side CBC articles this morning. "Telus shatters profit record again reaching ungodly sums per quarter" and "Telus asks CRTC to allow them to add a 1.5% surcharge to customers paying their bill with a credit card" I would say use actual checks to inconvenience them, but i think stamps are a buck each these days or more.
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Cocaine Bear posted:Loving the side by side CBC articles this morning. "Telus shatters profit record again reaching ungodly sums per quarter" and "Telus asks CRTC to allow them to add a 1.5% surcharge to customers paying their bill with a credit card" I actually didn't realize we had a cell thread! Here's what I posted in the internet thread, in case anyone here wants to throw some complaints into the void: quote:Telus is doing Canadian Telecom things and putting in an application to charge a 1.5% service fee (with taxes like a cherry on top of that) for anyone paying with a credit card. I believe it is currently only for mobile plans, but if this goes through it seems likely that everyone else will apply it, and then it will eventually apply to all services.
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Tagra posted:I actually didn't realize we had a cell thread! Here's what I posted in the internet thread, in case anyone here wants to throw some complaints into the void: I did my part! 
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Tagra posted:I actually didn't realize we had a cell thread! Here's what I posted in the internet thread, in case anyone here wants to throw some complaints into the void: Thanks! I made the argument that it disproportionately affects prepaid/pay-as-you-go customers, as the only payment options are almost always Credit/Debit. Because Prepaid customers are usually either lower-income customers, or folks simply looking for a cheap way to communicate, it essentially adds a fee to their most affordable plans, and incentivizes customers to lock themselves into a more expensive and less flexible contract. Also, lol god drat those prepaid plans have gotten expensive. $30 for a 1GB data booster from Koodo? gently caress off.
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:Thanks! I made the argument that it disproportionately affects prepaid/pay-as-you-go customers, as the only payment options are almost always Credit/Debit. Because Prepaid customers are usually either lower-income customers, or folks simply looking for a cheap way to communicate, it essentially adds a fee to their most affordable plans, and incentivizes customers to lock themselves into a more expensive and less flexible contract. They've pretty much always been expensive. I've yet to see a prepay even match my unicorn deal, much less exceed it.
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Aug 14, 2022 16:07
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I'm still on that old public mobile $120 / 90 day 12gb LTE prepaid plan. It was a decent deal like 4 years ago or whatever it was but is it still decent? I'm in BC.
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Aug 14, 2022 17:18
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4gb/$40 per month isn't terrible but not great? Koodo has 20gb for 60 bucks on atm
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codo27 posted:4gb/$40 per month isn't terrible but not great? Koodo has 20gb for 60 bucks on atm 1.) Is it prepay though 2.) If yes, is that permanent or an introductory deal
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Anti Plum posted:I'm still on that old public mobile $120 / 90 day 12gb LTE prepaid plan. It was a decent deal like 4 years ago or whatever it was but is it still decent? I'm in BC. I'm the same, and I think it's still good if only because public can't gently caress with it. Accidentally grandfathering everyone with the wording of the deal helps massively
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Mister Facetious posted:1.) Is it prepay though Permanent. I just switched from my old $55 10gb plan through self serve.
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 Lmao the best prepaid plan koodo can do six years after Public Mobile's deal is 3gb. "Competition"!
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Given that telecom prices in Canada trend up over time rather than down like a civilized country, I think only losing 1GB in 6 years is pretty good.
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Arrinien posted:Given that telecom prices in Canada trend up over time rather than down like a civilized country, I think only losing 1GB in 6 years is pretty good. Discussion > Canadian Cellular: only losing 1GB/mo in 6 years is pretty good. 
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Arrinien posted:Given that telecom prices in Canada trend up over time rather than down like a civilized country, I think only losing 1GB in 6 years is pretty good. We're adding more people all the time and that puts more strain on the tubes.
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The data silos are emptying at alarming speeds.
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Internet isa zero sum game. If you have more internet someone else is losing internet.
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Mister Facetious posted:Discussion > Canadian Cellular: only losing 1GB/mo in 6 years is pretty good. Nice. I haven't seen this thread title change in like, a decade?
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Signed up for Virgin Plus today via livechat on their website for a 20Gb $45/month BYOD plan where they will credit back the $50 activation fee and waived sim card fees and sim card shipping fees. Hopefully they will also waive the fee waiver fee but no promises there yet. They were otherwise very easy going. I just asked for their best BYOD 20gb plan in ontario and they offerd that one that RFD has been talking about and offered the various waivers without having to ask for them. In case anyone else could benefit from that plan. Now I just have to beg my child not to bankrupt me with data overage charges when they inevitably go past 20 gigs
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shadow puppet of a posted:Signed up for Virgin Plus today via livechat on their website for a 20Gb $45/month BYOD plan where they will credit back the $50 activation fee and waived sim card fees and sim card shipping fees. This is a lot better than my current plan, what's the coverage like?
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Ensign Expendable posted:This is a lot better than my current plan, what's the coverage like? Better than Rogers' im told by my father in law who works out in Maple or Stouffville and lost service when he switched from Virgin to Fido because he wanted a new samsung that he now cannot use at work. Also, this deal is not an X off Y per month for Z months deal. Its an ongoing 45 rate until VirgMo decides to alter the deal and I then pray they dont alter it further.
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Ensign Expendable posted:This is a lot better than my current plan, what's the coverage like?
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That actually looks pretty good. What's the catch? Or is this just genuinely a good deal? Their map shows no 5G coverage so I guess I won't be getting the mind control signal or whatever everyone is so upset about, but anything else?
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Ensign Expendable posted:What's the catch? Its not advertised everywhere so your preferred carrier wont bother to try and match and will treat you like a crazy person if you ask them to. Not all Virgin livechat CSRs are able to offer the plan, probably depends on luck of the draw for which outsourcing firm handles your session vs. the few in house reps they might actually employ. It wont be available after the back to school season concludes, which nobody knows when that is. The worst part is the chance for data overage charges past 20gb. But also its no contract so if something better comes up on fake Canadian black Friday or boxing day its an easy switch away to whoever else has a better deal. I've been looking for a month and its the best non-retention winback plan I've seen. Costco's normally good instore wireless kiosk is treating $55/20gb as the best offer around, Fido live chat reps are pretending $60/20gb is a "hot deal" if you arent addling a line.
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