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- From: chrz@tellabs.com (Peter Chrzanowski)
- Subject: Re: How to fight telemarketers
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.235035.26583@tellab5.tellabs.com>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:50:35 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.184535.17960@spdcc.com>, rdonahue@spdcc.com (Bob Donahue) writes:
- > What irks me most of all is the computer auto-dialers. Most
- > of them won't relinquish the line if you hang up on them. I've
- > had my line tied up for *30 minutes* whlie it cycles thryu the whole
- > schpiel! Aside from leaving msgs in the gaps like "I can't dial 911
- > when your computer is holding the line hostage" and "Mom`s dialysis
- > machine has failed and she's not looking too good" nothing has
- > seemed to work...
-
- Most modern phone company equipment will disconnect if the called party
- hangs up AND stays on-hook for twenty seconds or so. Did you try this?
-
- I agree that telemarketers are a pain, though.
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