Is your 'phone company Qwest (U. S. Worst) by any chance? They tried the
same trick with my (local) ISP a few months ago.
Ken Martwick
On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Roger Turk wrote:
> When I went home for lunch yesterday, I had a message on my answering machine
> with a call-back number. I called the number and after a large number of
> rings, an automated voice came on the line indicating that there has been no
> answer and they will keep ringing, or, for $.95 I can leave a voice mail
> message. Ha, Ha, Ha!
>
> Roger Turk
> Tucson, Arizona USA
>