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Fighting Telemarketers with Technology

Posted by michael on from the if-only-the-etherkiller-worked-long-distance dept.

prostoalex writes "According to an MSNBC story, 104 million telemarketing calls are made daily in the U.S. alone and technology is on the way to fight those special offers and incredible credit card rates. Zenith EZ HangUp, The Phone Butler, TriVOX VN100 and ScreenMachine are quoted in the article as new gadgets that allow phone owners to avoid the plagues of telemarketing."

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  1. How many quality stories.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    got rejected because /. editors decided to publish this piece of shit story on frontpage?

  2. Re:don not call list by zipoff · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh Oh! A chance to post when noone else has! Why bother to read the links? Then you might be #2! Two of the four give the "please add me to the do not call list" when activated. Of course you can do this yourself, but they are talking about using technology (as simple as it may be) to end the calls. The other two require entering a code for callers that know you.

  3. Re:The Ultimate Solution - NO CALLS by RembrandtX · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    Last I checked .. it encourages open communication when people RESPONDED to posts .. not modded them down because they didn't agree with them.

    You can mod this post if you wish .. however .. at least I'm not a Karma Whore and I dont hide Anonymously.

    Really though, What happened to the idea that this was a DISCUSSION board.

    One gentleman states 'contrairy to popular opinion' that everyone should TALK to all the telemarkers [which .. technically .. could almost be -1 OFFTOPIC since the article is about telemarking stopping MACHINES - not about everyones opinions on telemarketers.] And I refute his opitnion opening it for discussion.

    How exciting would /. be if everyone who didnt say 'Ayup- thats right on' got modded down ?

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