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- From: niebuhr@bnlux1.bnl.gov (david niebuhr)
- Subject: Re: How to fight telemarketers
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.004016.12824@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
- Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
- References: <1993Jan21.184535.17960@spdcc.com> <90569@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM> <C1BEMB.CLu@ms.uky.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:40:16 GMT
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- In article <C1BEMB.CLu@ms.uky.edu> kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron) writes:
- >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
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- This is totally contradictory; either you are called or your are
- calling.
-
- Dave
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