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It's true and I'm tired of pretending it isn't
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I don't like unknown numbers calling my phone. My new way of dealing with unknown numbers is to reject the call with one of the canned responses built into my phone. But I don't know enough about how autodialers work to figure out what this does in their system. My hope is a text to their landline fucks with their system enough they'll stop calling my number.
The only problem with this approach I can think of is it proves that I am a real human responding to the call, instead of going to voicemail which is more ambiguous. In any case, I can't find anything on Google and hope somebody will know how this goes down. Thanks!
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- Dec 21, 2002
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It's true and I'm tired of pretending it isn't
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Oh my God, it's even better than I thought.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/text-to-landline-faqs
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5. How does Text to Landline work?
When you send a message to a landline, the recipient's address is first checked to make sure it's eligible for the Text to Landline service. Then your text message is recorded in a female voice, and the service calls the recipient's phone.
If the phone is answered, a recorded message will ask whether the listener wishes to accept a message that's been sent from a wireless subscriber [sender's phone number] at no charge. If the listener accepts, the recording of your text message will be played. If the call is received by an answering machine or voice mail, the recording will be delivered to the device or service as a voice mail.
Note: Common abbreviations are recorded as full words. Unintelligible abbreviations or words are spoken as is or are read letter by letter.
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22. Can I use acronyms and emoticons in Text to Landline messages?
Yes, Text to Landline will translate many acronyms and standard emoticons into words, so the recipient can understand them.
For example:
LOL will be read as "laughing out loud"
:-) will be read as "happy"
This is an untapped gold mine, ladies and gentlemen.
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