There's a sub-industry within telemarketing called "voice broadcasting". These are the jerks who leave voicemail messages advertising various goods and services.
I used to work for a company who had an entire OC3 dedicated to doing this (their phone bill comes shipped on a crate -- litterally), so I know how their technology works. They get paid based on how many messages they leave. So, when a live person answers, their equipment cheerfully hangs up. Nice, huh?
Oh, and that partial message you received? I'll bet your voicemail system plays your personal greeting, and then pauses for a second and skips into an operator message that says "to leave a message, press one now or stay on the line" or some such thing. That pause between your greeting and the operator message throws things off -- it starts playing the message before your voicemail starts recording.
For fear of retribution, I can't give you any more info than that. If you do a google search on "voice broadcasting" you will probably be able to find the company responsible.
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There's a sub-industry within telemarketing called "voice broadcasting". These are the jerks who leave voicemail messages advertising various goods and services.
I used to work for a company who had an entire OC3 dedicated to doing this (their phone bill comes shipped on a crate -- litterally), so I know how their technology works. They get paid based on how many messages they leave. So, when a live person answers, their equipment cheerfully hangs up. Nice, huh?
Oh, and that partial message you received? I'll bet your voicemail system plays your personal greeting, and then pauses for a second and skips into an operator message that says "to leave a message, press one now or stay on the line" or some such thing. That pause between your greeting and the operator message throws things off -- it starts playing the message before your voicemail starts recording.
For fear of retribution, I can't give you any more info than that. If you do a google search on "voice broadcasting" you will probably be able to find the company responsible.