Alright, I've had it up to HERE!
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Every day for the last 7 days, we have had a message left on our answering machine from AT&T Long Distance trying to sell us long distance service. The first six of those times, my wife called them to tell them to remove our phone number from the call list. Yesterday, it was my turn. As you can imagine, I was thoroughly pissed off and I talked to no fewer than four people and read them all the riot act (and in no uncertain terms, ie shouting and much profanity). While I felt somewhat relieved, I realize that nothing I say will remove my phone number from these tele-vultures, so I've struck on an idea. I want to write a program that will perform the following actions: 1) Answer the phone line BEFORE it physically rings my phones. 2) Support caller ID 3) Allow me to enter "approved" caller ID's that are immediately passed through to the real phones in the house. 4) Allow me to specify that anyone calling with blocked caller ID is given a short insulting message (about them being the scum of the earth, stating probably sexual orientation, questioning the quality of their parental heritage, etc), and hanging up on them. 5) Allow me to specify any number of "secret codes" that can be manually entered by the caller that will forward the call to the regular phones. I want to do this so that the only thing the user needs is a computer, a voice modem, and this software. Does ANYONE have any ideas? ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
Off-topic, but what you should do is demand to be put on their do-not-call list. If you can prove that you've done so (either record the call, with the other party's permission; or get a written notice from the company that they have put you on their do-not-call list), and they call you again, you can sue for (I think) $500. Of course, whether you're up to doing all that work is up to you. --Mike-- THERE IS NO THERE IS NO BUT THERE IS MAGIC PIXIE DUST BUSINESS GENIE CODE PROJECT BUY MY SOFTWARE!! (please?) RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber My IntarWeb Homepgae!!!11
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Every day for the last 7 days, we have had a message left on our answering machine from AT&T Long Distance trying to sell us long distance service. The first six of those times, my wife called them to tell them to remove our phone number from the call list. Yesterday, it was my turn. As you can imagine, I was thoroughly pissed off and I talked to no fewer than four people and read them all the riot act (and in no uncertain terms, ie shouting and much profanity). While I felt somewhat relieved, I realize that nothing I say will remove my phone number from these tele-vultures, so I've struck on an idea. I want to write a program that will perform the following actions: 1) Answer the phone line BEFORE it physically rings my phones. 2) Support caller ID 3) Allow me to enter "approved" caller ID's that are immediately passed through to the real phones in the house. 4) Allow me to specify that anyone calling with blocked caller ID is given a short insulting message (about them being the scum of the earth, stating probably sexual orientation, questioning the quality of their parental heritage, etc), and hanging up on them. 5) Allow me to specify any number of "secret codes" that can be manually entered by the caller that will forward the call to the regular phones. I want to do this so that the only thing the user needs is a computer, a voice modem, and this software. Does ANYONE have any ideas? ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
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If you really want to hurt the telemarketers, see how long you can keep them on the line before they hang up. Start by asking every question imaginable about what they are selling, then reask the same questions in a slightly different order. If they are still on the line after this, branch the conversation off into bowel problems and cyst removal. Start in on your sexual preferences, while asking the telemarketer what he / she looks like and what they have on. Remember the longer you keep them on the line, the less their commision will be.
That's kinda like my response. After the initial hello's I ask them to please hold. I put down the phone and go back to whatever I was doing. When I check back in about an hour, they are never there. Funny that, eh! :evil grin: Chris Meech "what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002. "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! Those leaks are driving me crazy! How does one finds a memory leak in a garbage collected environment ??! Daniel Turini Nov. 2, 2002.
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Another option is to go to cell phone. That's all I have and I never get telemarketers. BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security
brianwelsch wrote: Another option is to go to cell phone. That's all I have and I never get telemarketers But if you need to subscribe to cable, they need Landline Phone. ;) Follow live World Cup Cricket scores here[^]
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Every day for the last 7 days, we have had a message left on our answering machine from AT&T Long Distance trying to sell us long distance service. The first six of those times, my wife called them to tell them to remove our phone number from the call list. Yesterday, it was my turn. As you can imagine, I was thoroughly pissed off and I talked to no fewer than four people and read them all the riot act (and in no uncertain terms, ie shouting and much profanity). While I felt somewhat relieved, I realize that nothing I say will remove my phone number from these tele-vultures, so I've struck on an idea. I want to write a program that will perform the following actions: 1) Answer the phone line BEFORE it physically rings my phones. 2) Support caller ID 3) Allow me to enter "approved" caller ID's that are immediately passed through to the real phones in the house. 4) Allow me to specify that anyone calling with blocked caller ID is given a short insulting message (about them being the scum of the earth, stating probably sexual orientation, questioning the quality of their parental heritage, etc), and hanging up on them. 5) Allow me to specify any number of "secret codes" that can be manually entered by the caller that will forward the call to the regular phones. I want to do this so that the only thing the user needs is a computer, a voice modem, and this software. Does ANYONE have any ideas? ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
AT&T probably have something like that they use in house ;P The tigress is here :-D
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Every day for the last 7 days, we have had a message left on our answering machine from AT&T Long Distance trying to sell us long distance service. The first six of those times, my wife called them to tell them to remove our phone number from the call list. Yesterday, it was my turn. As you can imagine, I was thoroughly pissed off and I talked to no fewer than four people and read them all the riot act (and in no uncertain terms, ie shouting and much profanity). While I felt somewhat relieved, I realize that nothing I say will remove my phone number from these tele-vultures, so I've struck on an idea. I want to write a program that will perform the following actions: 1) Answer the phone line BEFORE it physically rings my phones. 2) Support caller ID 3) Allow me to enter "approved" caller ID's that are immediately passed through to the real phones in the house. 4) Allow me to specify that anyone calling with blocked caller ID is given a short insulting message (about them being the scum of the earth, stating probably sexual orientation, questioning the quality of their parental heritage, etc), and hanging up on them. 5) Allow me to specify any number of "secret codes" that can be manually entered by the caller that will forward the call to the regular phones. I want to do this so that the only thing the user needs is a computer, a voice modem, and this software. Does ANYONE have any ideas? ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
In my area the telemarketers generally do not show up on Caller-Id. My phone rep said something like "the type of trunk lines that they use in their call centers do not support Caller-Id". So your idea while excellent in spirit may have a fatal flaw. Mike Mullikin :beer:
Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash. - Emo Phillips
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brianwelsch wrote: Another option is to go to cell phone. That's all I have and I never get telemarketers But if you need to subscribe to cable, they need Landline Phone. ;) Follow live World Cup Cricket scores here[^]
What is Cricket?[^]Not true. I have cable at home, but no landline. DSL would require it, however.;) BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security
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Every day for the last 7 days, we have had a message left on our answering machine from AT&T Long Distance trying to sell us long distance service. The first six of those times, my wife called them to tell them to remove our phone number from the call list. Yesterday, it was my turn. As you can imagine, I was thoroughly pissed off and I talked to no fewer than four people and read them all the riot act (and in no uncertain terms, ie shouting and much profanity). While I felt somewhat relieved, I realize that nothing I say will remove my phone number from these tele-vultures, so I've struck on an idea. I want to write a program that will perform the following actions: 1) Answer the phone line BEFORE it physically rings my phones. 2) Support caller ID 3) Allow me to enter "approved" caller ID's that are immediately passed through to the real phones in the house. 4) Allow me to specify that anyone calling with blocked caller ID is given a short insulting message (about them being the scum of the earth, stating probably sexual orientation, questioning the quality of their parental heritage, etc), and hanging up on them. 5) Allow me to specify any number of "secret codes" that can be manually entered by the caller that will forward the call to the regular phones. I want to do this so that the only thing the user needs is a computer, a voice modem, and this software. Does ANYONE have any ideas? ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
Microsoft used to sell a package called "Microsoft Phone" that had a cordless phone, modem/base unit and software that would do much of what you wanted. It would always let the phone ring once though. There are several problems with it though: * the software wasn't very extensible and it could've used some additional features * they don't sell or support it anymore * only ran on Win9X/ME systems When I got tired of that and wanted to upgrade the machine it was one to Windows XP, I found out about a service that the phone company offers. It's called caller intercept, if I remember correctly. You specify a PIN number when you get it. Anyone that calls and doesn't have caller ID, it will prompt them to enter/record a name and then (if they leave a name) will ring through differently on your phone. Most (if not all) telemarketer will NOT leave a name and try to get through to you. If someone you want to get through calls and doesn't have caller ID, then they just enter the PIN (that you've given them) and they go right through. If you do decide to write something, please post it here. I'm still interested and have thought about doing something similar, but with something that I could buy or already had that almost met my needs superceded my taking time to write it. Good luck and hope this helped. Mike
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Every day for the last 7 days, we have had a message left on our answering machine from AT&T Long Distance trying to sell us long distance service. The first six of those times, my wife called them to tell them to remove our phone number from the call list. Yesterday, it was my turn. As you can imagine, I was thoroughly pissed off and I talked to no fewer than four people and read them all the riot act (and in no uncertain terms, ie shouting and much profanity). While I felt somewhat relieved, I realize that nothing I say will remove my phone number from these tele-vultures, so I've struck on an idea. I want to write a program that will perform the following actions: 1) Answer the phone line BEFORE it physically rings my phones. 2) Support caller ID 3) Allow me to enter "approved" caller ID's that are immediately passed through to the real phones in the house. 4) Allow me to specify that anyone calling with blocked caller ID is given a short insulting message (about them being the scum of the earth, stating probably sexual orientation, questioning the quality of their parental heritage, etc), and hanging up on them. 5) Allow me to specify any number of "secret codes" that can be manually entered by the caller that will forward the call to the regular phones. I want to do this so that the only thing the user needs is a computer, a voice modem, and this software. Does ANYONE have any ideas? ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
Totally irrelevant but it's a chance to vent! The one that kills me is when the phone rings, I answer it and the recorded message asks me to wait until one of their operators is available to 'handle' me. Say what????? You ****'s ring me and I have to wait for you???? Can you rearrange these two words into a well known phrase or saying? 'off ****' Rant over :-)) Rob Manderson http://www.mindprobes.net
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Every day for the last 7 days, we have had a message left on our answering machine from AT&T Long Distance trying to sell us long distance service. The first six of those times, my wife called them to tell them to remove our phone number from the call list. Yesterday, it was my turn. As you can imagine, I was thoroughly pissed off and I talked to no fewer than four people and read them all the riot act (and in no uncertain terms, ie shouting and much profanity). While I felt somewhat relieved, I realize that nothing I say will remove my phone number from these tele-vultures, so I've struck on an idea. I want to write a program that will perform the following actions: 1) Answer the phone line BEFORE it physically rings my phones. 2) Support caller ID 3) Allow me to enter "approved" caller ID's that are immediately passed through to the real phones in the house. 4) Allow me to specify that anyone calling with blocked caller ID is given a short insulting message (about them being the scum of the earth, stating probably sexual orientation, questioning the quality of their parental heritage, etc), and hanging up on them. 5) Allow me to specify any number of "secret codes" that can be manually entered by the caller that will forward the call to the regular phones. I want to do this so that the only thing the user needs is a computer, a voice modem, and this software. Does ANYONE have any ideas? ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends
There is already some software out there for this. I trialed the sw years ago and it worked as advertised. I think I will check them out again myself. Take a look at http://www.mtnsys.com/pages/cavoice/cavoice.htm[^] Success is measured by ones ability to mask complexity with simplicity.
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Not true. I have cable at home, but no landline. DSL would require it, however.;) BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security
brianwelsch wrote: Not true. I have cable at home, but no landline. Do you have digital cable or basic cable? :confused: Follow live World Cup Cricket scores here[^]
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brianwelsch wrote: Not true. I have cable at home, but no landline. Do you have digital cable or basic cable? :confused: Follow live World Cup Cricket scores here[^]
What is Cricket?[^]I have basic cable (just plugs into TV), and a splitter into my cable modem. BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security
