I have a copy of the sit tones at work. I'll post a link to them tomorrow for your downloading pleasure.
larry >It was silent. Normaly, if I say hello and don't get an immediate response, >I figure it's a computer dialing and hang up. Since it was so late, though, >I thought it was something important so I stayed on the line. No one ever >answered. What I'm figuring is that it's one of those new telemarketer >things that's looking for an answering machine instead of a live person. If >the machine answers, it leaves a message. If a person answers, it hangs up. >Damned annoying if you ask me. > >Supposedly, to help get rid of some telemarketers, just record those 3 tones >that the operator makes when you dial a disconnected number and put them on >your answering machine before your message, or play them when you answer the >phone. If it's a telemarketer computer dialing, it will hear those tones >and think it has reached a disconnected number and drop you from the list, >or at least flag your number as invalid or something. I've heard that's all >those "tele-zapper" things they advertise on TV are anyway. Don't know if >it really works, but would be fun to try. :) > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "William H. Bowen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 6:45 PM >Subject: Re: My phone Keeps Ringing and someone hangs up on it > > >> Was it dead (dial tone) or just silent (or slightly hissing)? sometimes >the >> telemarketers are on a computer based automatic calling thingy that waits >> for a pickup (on your end) to hook up an operator/salesbastard. If there >> isn't a connection, or the connection is to voicemail an automatic message >> may get played. >> >> Unfortunately Washington state does not have much in the way of "take me >off >> your call list" legislation so there's not a lot we can do here about >> annoying phone calls from the marketeers...except make it fun when we do >> answer the phone and make strict rules about when we answer the phone. For >> instance, no calls answered during dinner (it's important to my wife and >me >> that we sit down with the kids and eat as a family pretty much every >night); >> if somebody calls during that time, they always have the option of leaving >a >> message and we always have the option of returning the call. >> >> >> will > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
