Due to various (business) reasons it was easier/cheaper to get the stupid bundled land line with cable tv.
I had so much spam on that line that I changed my recorded message to the three tones with the "We're sorry. The call cannot be completed as dialed. Please check the number and try your call again." message. After about a month all the spam stopped.
Re:The vanishing, underappreciated prank call
by coldpie on Monday June 23, 2014 @09:18AM
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Couldn't you just not attach anything to the line?
Re:The vanishing, underappreciated prank call
by arethuza on Monday June 23, 2014 @06:26AM
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Thanks, I think I shall start answering the phone as "Reactor Control Room, Torness Nuclear Power Station".
I even got a spam sales phone call from a company offering devices to prevent spam sales phone calls...
The "Windows Technical Support" people have found my number and they'll call me a couple of times a month.
"Please sir, run the program regedit.exe" "Where do I find that on my Mac, again?"
Re:The vanishing, underappreciated prank call
by noonespecial on Monday June 23, 2014 @02:44PM
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When they call me, I always seem to have a Commodore 64.
Re:The vanishing, underappreciated prank call
by sethammons on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @08:48AM
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Search for Tom Mabe's pranks. He, like you, has tremendous fun with telemarketers.
I answer in German sometimes. Sometimes I demand in a hushed tone to know how they got this number, secret agent style. Other times I pretend to be the most excited person in the world about whatever scammy schlock they're slinging. Once or twice, I've claimed to be the family dog, keeping my communication skills a secret from "the masters" and looking for a way out of the house. My kids laugh. My wife loves it. Every ring a fresh new opportunity.
Do not call list? Hardly. A tiny sliver of my adolescence lives on.