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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 09:47:24 -0500
- From: jon_sree@world.std.com (Jon Sreekanth)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Sad to Say, Telemarketing Works
- Message-ID: <telecom13.2.7@eecs.nwu.edu>
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 2, Message 7 of 12
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- In article <telecom12.920.8@eecs.nwu.edu> burgoyne@access.digex.com
- writes:
-
- > Simple mechanisms exist to prevent autodialers from reaching you.
- ...
-
- > I assume, therefore, that there is another device out there which
- > *DOES* identify whether the calling party is human or machine, and can
- > block all calls from one or the other. I also assume that this is
- > available for a price that the average person can afford, and is not a
- > hassle to them to use (i.e., you don't force the caller to go through
- > a menu or anything just to get to you -- it all happens behind the
- > scenes).
-
- Yes, what _are_ the simple mechanisms?
-
- One I can think of is: answer the phone silently. Outbound message
- gadgets probably wait for the called party to say something ("Hello ")
- before beginning their spiel. At the expense of confusing some of your
- human callers, have a box at your end pick up the incoming call, wait
- silently for voice energy, and then ring you.
-
-
- Jon Sreekanth
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