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From: jf@cci632.UUCP (Jens Fiederer)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: telephone solicitors
Message-ID: <26046@cci632.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 89 22:54:25 GMT
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Reply-To: jf@ccird3.UUCP (Jens Fiederer)
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Does anybody make a device that intercepts the ringing of your phone,
picks up the phone, allows the caller to enter (touch tone or pulse)
an n-digit security code, and only physically rings the bell if the right
code is entered?  It seems to me that would be a better way of handling
the telephone solicitation problem than just complaining about it.  If you
DO want unsolicited calls, the option for those who don't pass the security
check might be to leave a BRIEF message that you can thereafter review in
batch mode.....

Jens