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David Taylor wrote:
On 15/07/2016 19:23, Ken Hart wrote:
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I had five robocalls calls yesterday "from the IRS", claiming that I
owed taxes, and the IRS was going to file a lawsuit against me.

Since I did a direct deposit of my tax refund last time, if I owe the
IRS money, they know where to find that money!

One of the most helpful items I've purchased recently has been a
call-blocker:

http://www.truecall.co.uk/product-p/cb1.htm

It's made my existence much more peaceful.


Hi,

Thanks. It sounds interesting. However,it costs 100 British pounds to
purchase, and then there is also an annual fee. Ouch.

Mort Linder

In article , Ken Hart
wrote:

I had five robocalls calls yesterday "from the IRS", claiming that I
owed taxes, and the IRS was going to file a lawsuit against me.

Since I did a direct deposit of my tax refund last time, if I owe the
IRS money, they know where to find that money!

One of the most helpful items I've purchased recently has been a
call-blocker:

http://www.truecall.co.uk/product-p/cb1.htm

It's made my existence much more peaceful.

everything that does can be done for free.

Not all phone companies offer the same products, services, and prices.

correct.

that's why people should shop around for the providers that offer the
services they want at a fair price.

Some areas do not have a choice in phone services.

everywhere in the usa certainly does.

while it may be convenient to use the local provider, you're not
required to, and with number portability, you can keep your existing
number when you switch. that's why number portability exists, so that
you're not tied to any specific provider.

In article , David Taylor
wrote:

Not all phone companies offer the same products, services, and prices.
Some areas do not have a choice in phone services.

You are correct.

he's not correct, nor are you.

Services like that are not offered free of charge by
my UK land-line provider.

then switch to a provider that does, and with number portability (which
exists in the uk) you can keep your number.

In article , Mort wrote:

nospam did not write:
I had five robocalls calls yesterday "from the IRS", claiming that I
owed taxes, and the IRS was going to file a lawsuit against me.


As you may know, the I.R.S, never makes telephone calls about money
owed, nor do they send e-mails.

check your attributions. i didn't write that.


I am replying to the newsgroup, not to one person.

that is not in dispute. you can reply as much as you want.

If the shoe does not
fit, then do not wear it.

the problem is that i didn't write what you say i did.

you ****ed up the attributions.

learn how to properly attribute what you quote.

On 07/16/2016 05:27 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Ken Hart
wrote:

I had five robocalls calls yesterday "from the IRS", claiming that I
owed taxes, and the IRS was going to file a lawsuit against me.

Since I did a direct deposit of my tax refund last time, if I owe the
IRS money, they know where to find that money!

One of the most helpful items I've purchased recently has been a
call-blocker:

http://www.truecall.co.uk/product-p/cb1.htm

It's made my existence much more peaceful.

everything that does can be done for free.

Not all phone companies offer the same products, services, and prices.

correct.

that's why people should shop around for the providers that offer the
services they want at a fair price.

Some areas do not have a choice in phone services.

everywhere in the usa certainly does.

while it may be convenient to use the local provider, you're not
required to, and with number portability, you can keep your existing
number when you switch. that's why number portability exists, so that
you're not tied to any specific provider.


What you state may be correct where you are, but it is not the case
everywhere.

Landline POTS phone service and DSL service in this part of Indiana is
from Frontier. They own the wires and the poles. That's the end of the
story, so far as landline & DSL is concerned here.

I can get (and have for my second line) VOIP, but I need internet for
that to work. So, I still have to deal with Frontier.

I could get some type of cellular hotspot setup, but that wouldn't be
landline POTS service. As for data, if 4G is locally available (I
haven't checked), the download speed would probably be similar to what I
get on Frontier's DSL.


--
Ken Hart

In article , Ken Hart
wrote:


Not all phone companies offer the same products, services, and prices.

correct.

that's why people should shop around for the providers that offer the
services they want at a fair price.

Some areas do not have a choice in phone services.

everywhere in the usa certainly does.

while it may be convenient to use the local provider, you're not
required to, and with number portability, you can keep your existing
number when you switch. that's why number portability exists, so that
you're not tied to any specific provider.

What you state may be correct where you are, but it is not the case
everywhere.

it's the case everywhere in the usa.

i didn't check every country on the planet, but those don't matter
since you live in the usa.

Landline POTS phone service and DSL service in this part of Indiana is
from Frontier. They own the wires and the poles. That's the end of the
story, so far as landline & DSL is concerned here.

I can get (and have for my second line) VOIP, but I need internet for
that to work. So, I still have to deal with Frontier.

you don't have to get pots from frontier.

that's the whole *point*.

I could get some type of cellular hotspot setup, but that wouldn't be
landline POTS service.

you could, but that would be a lot more trouble than it's worth.

As for data, if 4G is locally available (I
haven't checked), the download speed would probably be similar to what I
get on Frontier's DSL.

4g is a marketing name that means different things to different
providers.

assuming you mean lte, that is almost certainly going to be *much*
faster than dsl. typical speeds are in the 20 mbit/s range, often
higher.

On 16/07/2016 20:25, Mort wrote:
[]
Hi,

Thanks. It sounds interesting. However,it costs 100 British pounds to
purchase, and then there is also an annual fee. Ouch.

Mort Linder

The annual fee is optional - I've managed quite well without it so far.
Yes, the cost is high, but the peace/price performance ratio is
excellent. The spam phone calls were really getting on my nerves!
--
Cheers,
David
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu

On 7/16/2016 5:27 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , David Taylor
wrote:

Not all phone companies offer the same products, services, and prices.
Some areas do not have a choice in phone services.

You are correct.

he's not correct, nor are you.


This is really interesting.
in the immediately preceding post you agree with that statement. Yet in
this one you don't.

From the referenced post:
(In article , Ken Hart
wrote:



Ken Hart:
"Not all phone companies offer the same products, services, and prices."

nospam: "correct"




--
PeterN

In article , PeterN
wrote:

Not all phone companies offer the same products, services, and prices.
Some areas do not have a choice in phone services.

You are correct.

he's not correct, nor are you.

This is really interesting.

not really. it's just another one of your lame attempts at trolling.

in the immediately preceding post you agree with that statement. Yet in
this one you don't.

From the referenced post:
(In article , Ken Hart
wrote:

Ken Hart:
"Not all phone companies offer the same products, services, and prices."

nospam: "correct"

that part is correct.

the not correct part is:
Some areas do not have a choice in phone services.

every area has a choice.

nospam wrote:
In article , PeterN
wrote:

Not all phone companies offer the same products, services, and prices.
Some areas do not have a choice in phone services.

You are correct.

he's not correct, nor are you.

This is really interesting.

not really. it's just another one of your lame attempts at trolling.

in the immediately preceding post you agree with that statement. Yet in
this one you don't.

From the referenced post:
(In article , Ken Hart
wrote:

Ken Hart:
"Not all phone companies offer the same products, services, and prices."

nospam: "correct"

that part is correct.

the not correct part is:
Some areas do not have a choice in phone services.

every area has a choice.

That is an absurd statement. Totally clueless.

Just a hint... there are some areas that do not even have
any phone services, much less a choice of providers or
services. Others have one provider and limite choice of
services. Some may even have multiple providers and still
have limited choice of services

--
Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)