This is the simplest solution, guaranteed to work!

This is a mathematical solution which is 100% effective.

Mathematical Proof

Robocall companies have two major components to their system

1. Telecommunication hardware which make millions of calls per hr, call this number R.

2. Actual people (employees) who talk to potential customers, call this number H.

The robocall company assume a certain percentage of calls will be answered by a potential customer, say .1% of the calls, or .001xR. Call this percentage P. If R is 1,000,000 calls/hr, the answered calls will be PxR or 1000 calls/hr. Say the number of people handling the calls, H, can handle 10 calls/hr each. So you would need 100 people to actually talk to customers.

So the number of employees needed to talk to customers is,

H = PxR/10 = .001x1,000,000/10 = 100 people

The thing that we can control is P. If we increase P to 1%, then

H = PxR/10 = .01x1,000,000/10 = 1000 people needed to answer the calls, but they only have 100

or if P is 10%

H = PxR/10 = .1x1,000,000/10 = 10,000 people needed to answer the calls, but they only have 100

The 100 people will find that they have thousands of calls to answer...they are completely overloaded!

We have the solution, it's is simple and totally effective.

When you get a robocall you don't want, press the appropriate button to say you are interested in their product, then just say nothing but don't hang up, just put the phone down for 5 minutes. Soon the illegal companies will find their lines overloaded with thousands of silent lines, no one's talking! Employee's will switch from line to line, wasting their time trying to get a response. The illegal companies have no solution, the only action the robocallers can take is to take your number off the call list after the employee answers and finds no one there. This effectively implements their own do-not-call list!

The solution to the robocall problem is to educate the consumer in a "Answer but don't Talk" campaign to answer the call but put the phone down for 4 or 5 minutes. This can be done through TV ads and the FTC "Do Not Call" internet page. Simple but totally effective!

Does it work?

"How successful is the proposed solution likely to be in blocking illegal robocalls? Will it block wanted calls? An ideal solution blocks all illegal robocalls and no calls that are legally permitted. (For example, automated calls by political parties, charities, and health care providers, as well as reverse 911 calls, are not illegal robocalls.)"

- This solution will eventually eliminate all annoying and unwanted robocalls, all legal automatic calls can be answered as normal.

"How many consumer phones can be protected? What types of phones? Mobile phones? Traditional wired lines? VoIP land lines? Proposals that will work for all phones will be more heavily weighted."

- The solution works with all phones.

"What evidence do you already have to support your idea? Running code? Experiments? Peer-reviewed publications?"

- The solution is proven mathematically. It's guaranteed to work.

"How easy might it be for robocallers to adapt and counter your scheme? How flexible is your scheme to adapt to new calling techniques? How have you validated these points? Remember that the real test of a security system is not whether or not you can break it; it’s whether or not other people can."

- The solution cannot be defeated, it's a mathematical proof. Robocallers will give up trying after their profits dwindle from silent lines.

Is it easy to use?

"How difficult would it be for a consumer to learn to use your solution?"
- Very easy.

"How efficient would it be to use your solution, from a consumer’s perspective?"
- Totally efficient.

"Are there mistakes consumers might make in using your solution, and how severe would they be?"
- No mistakes can be made (the consumer is silent).

"How satisfying would it be to use your solution?"
- Very satisfying...the consumer is defeating their system!

"Would your solution be accessible to people with disabilities?"
- Yes.

Can it be rolled out?

"What has to be changed for your idea to work? Can it function in today’s marketplace? (E.g., Does it require changes to all phone switches world-wide, and require active cooperation by all of the world’s phone companies and VoIP gateways, or can it work with limited adoption?) Solutions that are deployable at once will be more heavily weighted, as will solutions that give immediate benefits with even small-scale deployment."

- Nothing has to be changed, the solution works with all systems.

"Is deployment economically realistic?"

- Yes, it involves educating the consumer through an "Answer but don't Talk" campaign to increase "P", the percentage of answered calls.

"How rapidly can your idea be put into production?"

- Immediately.