Njay - It's a pretty bad problem, but I think keeping tabs on your groups and making sure you are only posting relevant content (ie, if the group rules state no links, don't post links) then you have a good chance of avoiding it.

HOWEVER, if you are SWAM'd there really is no recourse. I have found that switching groups is the only solution, and it does work. Have you had issues with this?

Hi Oren,

While there is a difference between carriers, but it seems to be only slightly. What we found was that geographic location was the greatest indicator.

We were actually quite surprised by the results ourselves.

Did you measure both when the (remote, physical) phone of the called party began to ring, and when the caller began to hear a ring, or just the latter?