I just let it ring the normal 3 times and punched it into Google which landed me here. My guess is that there are companies that do one thing: see what numbers, maybe domestic, are valid. Then they sell those numbers and make "their" money by invading your privacy and setting up telemarketers to do the same. My game is don't answer. After a while each of these phone hawks will give up on a number. You folk with answering machines need to get up off the answer in 3 rings anyway. People calling long distance don't want to make wasteful donations to their phone companies. If they want to leave a call back or other message, they won't mind waiting for a few more rings. That way you protect your number from the hawkers and your family and friends from wasting money.
Answered call from this number, heard female voices in background laughing and then they hung up. I called the number and when it finally rang through, it rang numerous times, then an automated voice said the "wireless customer you are calling is not available"
I just let it ring the normal 3 times and punched it into Google which landed me here. My guess is that there are companies that do one thing: see what numbers, maybe domestic, are valid. Then they sell those numbers and make "their" money by invading your privacy and setting up telemarketers to do the same. My game is don't answer. After a while each of these phone hawks will give up on a number. You folk with answering machines need to get up off the answer in 3 rings anyway. People calling long distance don't want to make wasteful donations to their phone companies. If they want to leave a call back or other message, they won't mind waiting for a few more rings. That way you protect your number from the hawkers and your family and friends from wasting money.