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From: werner@NGP.UTEXAS.EDU (Werner Uhrig)
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Subject: Computerized Sales Call Gets Stuck, Ties Up Phone for Three Days
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Date: Fri, 24-Oct-86 15:02:58 EST
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RISKS-LIST: RISKS-FORUM Digest,  Tuesday, 22 October 1986  Volume 3 : Issue 84

Contents:
  Risks of using an automatic dialer (Bill Keefe)
  ....

  Computerized Sales Call Gets Stuck, Ties Up Phone for Three Days

     GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) - A shipping broker who does all his work
  on the phone says he lost at least one deal because a computerized
  sales pitch called him nearly every two minutes for 72 hours, tying
  up his lines.

	......