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From: roeber@cithe2.cithep.caltech.edu (Frederick Roeber)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Technology vs. the Telemarketers
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Date: 28 Oct 90 01:24:34 GMT
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In article <14061@accuvax.nwu.edu>, andyb@coat.com (Andy Behrens) writes:

> Are you too timid to say "no" to telemarketing calls?  Sharper Image
> has just the thing for you -- a phone with built-in sound effects.

> $89

Sheesh.  My little freon air-horn cost a lot less than that..

On a *completely* *different* topic -- are there any laws regulating
just how loud one can be on the phone?  I would think that the
telephones, at least the original AT&T ones, just wouldn't put too
large an amplitude on the line.  But I thought I'd ask ...


Frederick G. M. Roeber | e-mail: roeber@caltech.edu or roeber@vxcern.cern.ch
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[Moderator's Note: You can be loud enough that it is a real annoyance
to the unsuspecting person on the other end.   PAT]