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Offline Clive

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Re: The slow death of landline phones
« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2009, 19:52 »
Most are those evil automated calls but there are also the unsolicited calls from companies or banks I have previously dealt with.  I never give out my phone number now. 
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Re: The slow death of landline phones
« Reply #16 on: November 12, 2009, 20:05 »
When you get an automated call, apparently, if you quickly and randomly click the hash and star keys, it screws up the machine, and it will 'forget' your number.  Don't know how true that is, but I've heard it a few times.
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Re: The slow death of landline phones
« Reply #17 on: November 12, 2009, 20:17 »
Sounds like an urban myth to me!   ;D
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Re: The slow death of landline phones
« Reply #18 on: November 12, 2009, 21:37 »
yeah sounds like it, but why not....
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Re: The slow death of landline phones
« Reply #19 on: November 12, 2009, 22:21 »
Apparently, you have to do it during the pause, before the machine starts to speak.
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