Back in 2003, the National Do Not Call Registry was passed, which limited telemarketing calls received by all people. As soon as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opened the program, I signed up not only myself, but also my mom because telemarketers had become pretty ruthless calling at all times of the day and night, while basically playing on one’s emotions, especially the elderly. For me personally, I wanted to benefit from another aspect of the program: cellphone numbers were prohibited to be called by telemarketers. Unfortunately, over time, this was not completely true: telemarketers can call your cellphone, but they had to manually dial the number and not use an automatic dialer. This would explain why my wife has been experiencing a high volume of calls from a particular long distance company that acquaintances referred her to, which basically gave these types of telemarketers the green light for their persistence. In any case, we found a stop-gap solution using Area Codes by VersaEdge Software, which allows us to find the origin of each unknown call that comes to her cellphone. For instance, when a call is coming from Manhattan, we know its our financial agent. When it comes from Florida, we know its our insurance company. From Los Angeles, it’s our archnemesis, the long distance phone company. Until our complaints are processed, this simple, straightforward app will continue to be useful for such occasions. Price: 99¢.
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