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From: john@stiatl.UUCP (John DeArmond)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Computer phone soliciters
Message-ID: <2628@stiatl.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jan 89 01:36:30 GMT
References: <3366@sdsu.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@stiatl.UUCP (John DeArmond)
Organization: Sales Technologies Inc., Atlanta, GA
Lines: 29

In article <3366@sdsu.UUCP> roetzhei@sdsu.UCSD.EDU (William Roetzheim) writes:
>
>  I hate phone solicitations of all types.  I am able to get some sense
>
....
>
>  BUT, I am totally at a lose when it comes to computers (recorded voices)
>which call me up to bother me.  I get five or six of these calls per
>week!  Any suggestions for how to wreck havoc with a computer solicitor?
>
>WHRR

A trick I've seen used is to keep a transister radio handy tuned to
a talk format station.  Many of these computerized systems will
continue to record an answer to a question until it detects a pause.
So simply put the phone receiver on the radio and let 'er rip..
Talk radio is necessary because some of these systems can distinguish
a voice as opposed to music or noise.

A side benefit of this is that if you fill the storage medium, the 
system may crash and not bother anybody else.

John


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