Interesting voicemail...

[laurent]

I just got this voicemail, which I found funny and interesting, so I'm sharing.

"Press 1 to continue, or press 9 to be removed from this list. .............. goodbye! And thank you for calling."

Uh, yeah, you called me

[Funkytown]

telemarketing it sounds like

[laurent]

The do not call list is such a failure

[Funkytown]

The do not call list is such a failure

That really sucks if it doesnt provide what it mentioned on TV.

[laurent]

Well consider this. This spring, there had been a total of 300 000 complaints from people who received telemarketing calls even though they are in the list.

Out of those, the CRTC collected 250$ in fines. That's in dollars, not "thousands".

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/0 ... -call.html

[Funkytown]

Well consider this. This spring, there had been a total of 300 000 complaints from people who received telemarketing calls even though they are in the list.

Out of those, the CRTC collected 250$ in fines. That's in dollars, not "thousands".

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/0 ... -call.html

It's a shame and what a joke!!

[voiper]

Maybe I am an exception but my calls dropper by 98% since registering my number. Makes supper time much more enjoyable. I got on early - since the first day. I expect that may explain why.

The call you got doesn't sound like telemarketing. Most likely a glitch in the system.

[laurent]

I found other people reporting being called by that number and having followed the prompts. Turns out it is telemarketing :/

But yeah you're right in that sense; the registry did help reduce the volume of calls I received. Bell still calls though, using some obscure law to justify they can call me even though I'm on the list.

[curriegrad2004]

I have 2 internal extensions to deal with telemarketers:

1. A nice voice synthesized warning that tells the telemarketer not to call again. Call has been logged
2. A not so nice warning... (Only used for telemarketers not based in Canada)

Guess which one I choose the most often?

[Funkytown]

I have 2 internal extensions to deal with telemarketers:

1. A nice voice synthesized warning that tells the telemarketer not to call again. Call has been logged
2. A not so nice warning... (Only used for telemarketers not based in Canada)

Guess which one I choose the most often?

im guessing number 2

[curriegrad2004]

Yes, option 2 always comes into play.

That's the power of FreeSwitch (or asterisk if it does even support this).

[laurent]

I'll assume they're not all like that, but a friend of mine used to work for a telemarketer (in his dark period I guess), and anything a callee would do as a retaliation would ensure a top place in a special list they had that guaranteed twice as many calls, earlier in the morning and/or later at night :/

[curriegrad2004]

I'll assume they're not all like that, but a friend of mine used to work for a telemarketer (in his dark period I guess), and anything a callee would do as a retaliation would ensure a top place in a special list they had that guaranteed twice as many calls, earlier in the morning and/or later at night :/

That would constitute as harassment under Canadian law. They would be effectively shooting themselves in the foot anyways.

[laurent]

of course it's harassment! They got busted for much worse than that actually... but that's another story