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- From: kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron)
- Subject: Re: How to fight telemarketers
- Message-ID: <C1BEMB.CLu@ms.uky.edu>
- Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences
- References: <1jjp14INN37v@mojo.eng.umd.edu> <SA5WBF91@cc.swarthmore.edu> <1993Jan21.184535.17960@spdcc.com> <90569@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 16:18:10 GMT
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- hroth@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Harris Roth) writes:
-
- >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
-
- This comes up in comp.dcom.telecom occasionally. When you are called
- (as opposed to when someone calls you), you can hang up the phone for
- a short period of time without dropping the connection. This is
- meant as a feature so that if you pick up the phone in an inconvenient
- place you can switch. I think the timeout is commonly around 20 seconds.
-
- People making this complaint about autodialers have usually been picking
- up the phone over and over to see if the autodialer has gone away. This,
- of course, resets the timer.
-
- Some special lines, like 911, are set so the call can only be broken from
- one end (the dispatcher's office). This capability is not made available
- to telemarketers.
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- Kenneth Herron kherron@ms.uky.edu
- University of Kentucky +1 606 257 2975
- Dept. of Mathematics "Your ball goes over them, it sails off the edge into a
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