off-topic: phone hangups

[Matt Luettgen]

I got 5 today, all of them convienently at a bad time,
when I was in the shower, when I was eating...its
gotten to the point where I no longer make an effort
to answer the phone as I either get hung up on or yell
at telemarketers about the missouri no call law.

--- Aaron <aaron at aarons.net> wrote:
> 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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