On Tue, 28 May 2002, Mike Smith wrote: > I tried this service and found it to have a lot of practical problems. > > 1) It just asks for a name, records whatever they say, then rings > through to replay the recording to you. That means (a) there's no > guarantee you'll get the person's actual identity; (b) you're still > disturbed by the phone ringing; and (c) you still have to pick up to > find out who it is! Kinda defeats the whole purpose of the service. No, it doesn't. They bank on the fact that 99% of the nuisance callers out there won't want to work past it, and in my experience with SBC Privacy Manager, that is, in fact, true. -- Steve Sobol, CTO (Server Guru, Network Janitor and Head Geek) JustThe.net LLC, Mentor On The Lake, OH 888.480.4NET http://JustThe.net "In a 32-bit world, you're a 2-bit user/You've got your own newsgroup: alt.total.loser" - "Weird Al" Yankovic, "It's All About the Pentiums"
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