Wow, I didn't realize this was a common enough problem that someone had to write about it. I don't have any of those issues. I mean, I've had a few times where a call was dropped, but that's really rare.
One thing that really improved life for me was intentionally never setting up the voicemail on my current number. I am unable to accept voicemail. I've had it this way for 4 years now- I do not miss checking voicemail, and I'm not bothered by people unable to leave it. They can text or email.
> I didn't realize this was a common enough problem that someone had to write about it
I don't think it is, but The Atlantic is no different to all the other web based magazines / newspapers -- they have to keep churning out articles to keep readers' attention, it doesn't really matter what the content is anymore, we all just need to keep seeing new headlines.
One thing that really improved life for me was intentionally never setting up the voicemail on my current number. I am unable to accept voicemail. I've had it this way for 4 years now- I do not miss checking voicemail, and I'm not bothered by people unable to leave it. They can text or email.