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RE: [ECS] I Hate Telemarketers! Michael David Sat, 29 Apr 2000 21:13:56 -0400

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Hi Steve!

Yes - I too have ECS automatically answer o-o-a calls on the first ring.
Unfortunately, some of those calls are real calls that I would prefer to get
through.  Otherwise I have to call them back on my nickel!  :)

What I am trying to accomplish is to not have any indication a call has
actually come in -- no ring, no ECS announcement, nothing -- until after the
caller has heard the "No Solicitors" message, and hit the key to continue.
Then, the phones can ring and ECS can announce the caller ID info.

Peace - all I want is Peace!  :)

Cheers!

Michael David
michael@michaeldavid.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Rauco [mailto:srauco@excite.com]
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2000 6:51 PM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] I Hate Telemarketers!

What I do is have my computer make an announment saying "Sales call.  Allow
me to answer it".  He then picks up, plays the no solicitation message and
hangs up.  It's all based on the out of area caller ID.



On Sat, 29 Apr 2000 14:45:37 -0400, ecs-list@netbloc.com wrote:

>  Hi Folks!
>
>  I'm looking for one of those boxes that silently answers the phone, plays
a
>  message like:  "This number does not accept solicitations.  If you are a
>  solicitor, put us on your do not call list and hang up now.  Otherwise,
>  press 1 to continue."  After "1" is pressed, this box then rings the
phones
>  in the house.
>
>  Anyone know where I can find such a box?  Although available in some
areas,
>  out phone company doesn't provide such a service.
>
>  I'd love to do this type of thing with ECS, but I can't figure out how to
>  get ECS to put the caller on hold and ring the phones in the house when
>  appropriate.  Any ideas on how to do this?
>
>  Currently, I have ECS play the phone company's "<bee-bee-beep> The number
>  you have called <my phone number> is not in service, etc..." for
>  telemarketer's whose number ECS knows.  However, most show up as an out
of
>  area call.  My defense to this has been to have ECS immediately answer
all
>  out of area calls.  However, that still has the phone ringing all the
time.
>
>  How have you guys dealt with this issue?
>
>  Cheers!
>
>  Michael David
>  michael@michaeldavid.com
>
>
>
>
>





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