Nate and Ian discuss the modern anxiety of calls from unknown numbers, repeated missed calls, and general caller ID-related terror. You might think this is a Halloween episode, such is the horror of the content.

SOURCES AND LINKS:

Mobile company customer forums

• https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Tech-Support/People-I-have-never-contacted-returning-my-calls/td-p/1626378
• https://community.three.co.uk/t5/Account-and-services/Scammer-using-my-number/m-p/32346
• https://community.bt.com/t5/Home-phone-including-Digital/Receiving-calls-from-people-saying-I-called-them-but-I-haven-t/td-p/2173030

Mumsnet

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4972436-to-have-anxiety-from-this-missed-call

Caller anxiety

https://www.reddit.com/r/Anxiety/comments/17fis4j/just_completing_ignored_an_important_phone_call/

Apple will launch a Business Caller ID service next year

https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/apple-will-launch-a-business-caller-id-service-next-year-223913262.html

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