It seems like spammers and markters (be it on the web, via email or via phone solicitation) are all of one mindset:
"you're blocking <insert marketing method here> but you surely want my bit of propoganda/crap. I'll have to circumvent your block because you really don't want to block me...maybe the other guy but, certainly, net me." A few years ago someone invented a marketing dialer that would call numbers and detect whether a live person answered the phone. If so, the call was immediately connected to a marketer that would pitch a product or service at the person that answered. These dialers were intelligent and detected various scenarios including the standard tone sequence indicating that the phone number was no longer in service. If so, then the call would be dropped and the bad number likely expunged from the call list. An inventive person came up with a device that would send the out-of-service tone to the caller prior to your phone ringing. This was enough to fool the auto dialers but was not likely to affect regular callers as they would again hear ringing until you answered the call. Well, the makers of the autodialers caught on to this and patched their systems to accomodate for this. So, on one hand you have a consumer that so wants to prevent unsolicited sales calls that they actually buy a device to prevent it. Then, on the other hand, you have the smarmy marketing types that don't care and think that you are trying to prevent their calls when nobody in their right mind would want to block a marketing call from them. This same attitude is pervasive and quite annoying. Howie --- On Monday, April 04, 2005 2:51 PM, Kevin Graeme scribed: --- > > http://www.internetweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=160400749 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152714 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
