off-topic: phone hangups
Aaron
aaron at aarons.net
Thu May 30 01:57:19 CDT 2002
Dunno, but I get maybe 4 or 5 a day. I blame it all on Microsoft.
Aaron
> i know this is really off-topic, but i want to see if there are others
> in the kansas city area experiencing the same problem that i am. about
> 6 months ago i started receiving a couple of calls just about every day
> from what i believe are automated dialers of some sort. when i picked
> up the phone and said hello, there was a brief 1-second pause (give or
> take) and then a click and the line goes dead. annoying, but not
> horrible. they only came during the day. lately, like within the last
> 2 months, i have been receiving about 8-12 of these every single day.
> it's getting out of hand. when i try to *69 the caller, i get the SWB
> friendly greeting "the number you have tried to trace is not available
> with these features". no, i don't have caller-ID and i probably should
> get it. i just don't use the phone that often and didn't want to bear
> the expense.
>
> does anyone else have the same problem at their phone number? is this a
> telemarketing thing i'm not aware of? any clues would be appreciated,
> if for no other reason than to satisfy my curiosity.
>
> thanks.
>
> shannon merritt
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