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REI Tech

Pirates of the Carriers (Can) Be Fun

Telephone carriers and their technology have helped revolutionize how we communicate over the years. Everyone loves the ability to call practically someone anywhere in the world.

With that freedom comes one major problem.

Telemarketers.

We all hate receiving calls from telemarketers. We hate them so much the government created the ‘Do Not Call’ list. The legislation has stopped some legitimate businesses from advertising with cold calling.

Yet scammers who operate on the fringes of the law – if not outright breaking the law – could care less about the ‘Do Not Call’ list.

So, one member of the telecom industry decided to do something about it.

Jolly Roger to the Rescue

Appropriately named, Roger Anderson started examining lots of telemarketing calls. Then he started a company called the Jolly Roger Telephone Company to combat them.

Mr. Anderson didn’t fight them by developing technology to just hang up on telemarketers.…


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