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Old 24-Nov-2004, 08:34 AM in reply to Penny's post starting "ANother reason to Ditch telecom and go..."
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Default re: Just one of the things you have to live with if you have a telephone

I note that you promote Ditching to a proper noun. I second this higher ranking of shafting telecom, who I have demoted to being a regular noun in accordance with our new fluid naming scheme.

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Originally Posted by styx
The technology is surely available to block calls from certain numbers, but I guess Telecom is worried about users abusing the facility . . .

"No sir, your mother-in-law has a perfect right to call at any time of the day or night and tell you you're not good enough for her daughter."

Maybe someone can hack the caller ID hardware and arrange their own blocks
Any decent telephone or answering machine should be able to do it.
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