Increase in telemarketer calls after switching to FIOS phone service

[kdfdawg]

I recently switched over to the FIOS triple play. In the 3 1/2 weeks since the switch, i've been seeing a HUGE increase in the number of telemarketing calls.... did verizon sell my number to telemarketers?!?!?!?!? anyone else having this issue??

[Anthony_VZ]

You can read our full privacy policy at http://www22.verizon.com/privacy/?CMP=DMC-CV090332. You would benefit from having your number unpublished. Any marketing organizations can access public records or new additions to get numbers to add to their calling lists.

[East2]

YES!!!!  We also have the triple play with Fios digital voice now for 4 months and it seems to get worse every week.  The digital voice options allow you to block 'anonymous calls' and only ten specific numbers.  We have dozens and many of them call from three or four different lines.   Our number has always been unpublished and we did not have a telemarketing problem with our other carrier like this.  We also recently switched to a Verizon family wireless plan and now the calls are starting to come in on my cell phone.  Hope there will be a solution for this that does not include another monthly fee!

[acraftylady]

If the calls are not exempt for the do not call list then you need to report them.  Mary

[Apgal]

We switched last week and have been getting 8 to 10 calls a day since...AWFUL ! Fortunately , we did not disconnect our Vonage account...FIOS can keep their stupid few dollars for the triple play package..it is not worth all the telemarketing calls ! Verizon made 70 billion dollars last year ...guessing 69 billion was from selling our phone numbers to telemarketers ! If you have been victimized by FIOS, call Bob {edited for privacy} at Verizon headquaters in {edited for privacy} ...preferably at dinner time:>) {edited for privacy}

[acraftylady]

Companies can sell your name all they want but if you are on the do not call list then they are in violation and need to be reported unless it's companies exempt from the list like charities. Mary

[SoCal_2012]

I pay the extra $3 or so a month for my number not to be listed by Verizon, yet I'm in the same position as those who haven't paid for this service.  We get 10-20 calls per week from credit card agencies, gov't pollers, and other random telemarketers.  We're on the verge of canceling the land-line because we cannot get privacy, even after we pay Verizon to protect us.  What a shame.

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@Anthony_VZ wrote:

You can read our full privacy policy at http://www22.verizon.com/privacy/?CMP=DMC-CV090332. You would benefit from having your number unpublished. Any marketing organizations can access public records or new additions to get numbers to add to their calling lists.

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[abi403]

this is happening to me too!! i have had the same number for 13 years. I switched to verizon from t-mobile and kept my number. All of a sudden i'm getting 2-3 telemarketer calls a day. I seriously doubt it is because it is a public number because i've had the number for THIRTEEN YEARS!! little bit too coincidental, verizon, that this should happen immediately after i switch to your company. quit selling numbers.

[Healz]

I also have been getting allot of spam calls since signing up with verizon. I have the same number for 35 years and i am on the DO NOT CALL list since its inception. This is ridiculious that I have to get these call because Im a verizon customer.

I put the numbers on the block list what happens after 10 numbers?

Verizon should have a central do not call list for compliants or do you guys profit from these robocalls?

Why has this happened since I became a customer of yours?

[Hubrisnxs]

I have seen this number posted on the message boards before. it still works today. 

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