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- From: hroth@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Harris Roth)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: How to fight telemarketers
- Message-ID: <90569@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 20:31:07 GMT
- References: <1jjp14INN37v@mojo.eng.umd.edu> <SA5WBF91@cc.swarthmore.edu> <1993Jan21.184535.17960@spdcc.com>
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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
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- If the receiving phone is hung up, the line is suppossed to be disconnected.
- If yours does not then maybe you have an antiquated phone system or something
- else is wrong. Talk to your phone company about this problem.
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