You are absolutely right.  Nothing will change until the phone companies take this problem seriously and do something about it.  I have caller id and anonymous call rejection on my line.  Could someone explain to me how "out of area" phone calls get through????  Apparently calls with no phone numbers are not considered "anonymous" by my phone company.  You can't tell me that with all the technology we have, they can't figure out a way to block at least some of these calls.  They won't do anything until it hits them in the wallet.   Btw my phone company won't block numbers and if you want a number traced (good luck!) you have to pay extra...thanks Frontier!

This Robo-Call scam is run as a referral service for small mom & pop security providers that sell GE products.

This company sells "leads" to these small businesses on a per lead basis or a subscription basis.  They also do the same for other companies who sell the other major brands of systems.

If you get transferred to one of these smaller companies as a lead, you can do what I did and put pressure on them to provide you with the contact info for their "lead generation service" provider.
That will be the company to sue.  These small businesses are getting scammed out of their money simply by paying for "leads" that they think are being legally directed their way - when in fact they are being harassed and instead of 'warm leads - ready to buy their product or service' (as described in one scammers website marketing blurb to these small business owners) they are getting pissed off people who are tired of being Robo-Called to death and venting on these people as the source.

These 'lead generation' companies are scum on the business side as well.   Many times they require that the small business sign a non-cancellable contract with them for a specific period of time - that way they will still get paid once the business owner finds out what a sham operation they really run.  To get out of the contract the business owner will have to pay for all or a large portion of the remaining contract period.

If you get these Robo-Calls it will also be well worth your time to contact GE and let them know about your experience with this sleazy marketing technique - especially since the Robo-Call Bandit mentions them BY NAME.  If enough people make a stink over this, they may squeeze this butt-boil out of existance.  They wouldn't want to risk getting a black eye on their reputation by being publicly associated with this type of scam marketing operation.  They have the resources to put and end to this by simply telling their re-sellers that they will be dropped from using GE products for using this type of 'lead generation' in their business.

save the unwanted phone number to contacts;  assign it a name, scroll to 'ringtone', hit 'no ring'.......so when that number calls, I see the 'contact' as Scum, 'Spam to name a  couple..........