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Article #1065Re: Phone-spam zappers?
From: Beartooth
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:47
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 14:47
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On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, John Mazor wrote: > I have one. I don't think the explanation was correct -- > the manual says it sends a signal that tells the caller's > computer that the number is no longer valid, or some such > thing. It must work sometimes -- I once picked up the > phone, only to have a computerized voice tell me "Sorry, > wrong number." Of course, it's dependent on the caller's > system bothering to recognize the signal from the zapper. > My guess is that it is at best partially effective. Sigh. As expected. Comes the Gretchenfrage : is it worth what you paid for it? Does it seem effective enough to be worth the expense (and presumably bother) of getting and installing -- or is it just marginal? Do you recommend it? -- RR 'Beartooth' Neuswanger karhunhammas (at) lserv.com Being uniquely weird comes natural.
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