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From: carmine@qusavx.UUCP (Carmine Scavo)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: junk phone calls
Message-ID: <194@qusavx.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Jul-84 10:22:38 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 13 10:22:38 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Jul-84 01:42:56 EDT
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The ultimate in defense against these calls may be a device I've seen
advertised recently (can't remember many of the details but I think it
was in the NY Times Sunday Magazine).  When hooked up to your phone,
the device allows you to add a 6-digit number to your phone number.
Any caller is prompted for the number and only those who key in the
right number are allowed through the filter.  Your phone will then ring
when somebody keys in the 'number of the day'.  The device allows one, 
of course, to change the number as often as you might wish.

This would seem to be extremely useful for people who work at home and
are constantly being interrupted by miscellaneous phone calls.  You 
could filter out everybody except your mother, spouse or child's
school, for example.

The only problem is that the damn thing costs like $149 or somesuch.