Apparently there are more dedicated area codes given to telemarketers, I see a pattern with 206, 360, 380 etc. which used to be supported by 800,866,877,888,887 area codes. Solution: never ever answer your phone, the desirable callers will be in your contacts list and if it's a local area code for those of us who are self employed, you can call them back and ask if they are looking to do business with your company. I haven't answered the phone in so long I forget what to say other than w/a sounding annoyed, "uh,hello ? " which is not a good way to welcome a prospective customer. I return calls to my customers numbers, friends or unknown callers who leave a message including their name, number, purpose of their call and a request for a return call to associated number left in voice mail. It sucks to live this way- I used to love to hear the phone ring, now I dread it.