On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:27:11 GMT, Elroy Willis
<elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote:
Christopher A.Lee <calee@optonline.net> wrote in alt.atheism
Elroy Willis <elroywillis@swbell.net> wrote:
Anyone tried out Google's "Click-to-Call" feature yet?
I just ran across it this morning and thought it was pretty strange.
http://www.google.com/help/faq_clicktocall.html
I was searching for a business near me and clicked on the "call"
icon, put in my phone number, and just a second later my phone
rings and I'm connected to the voice mail of the business I wanted
to contact.
Trouble is, I couldn't get disconnected. I didn't want to leave a
message, so I hung up. Ten seconds later I pick up the phone
and I'm still on the business' voice mail. Even thirty seconds later
still connected...
A lot of unsolicited voice mail spam does this.
I think it is illegal according to FCC regs as you have to be able to
dial 911 at any time.
I double-clicked my receiver several times and got a second dial-tone,
but that's because of my call-waiting feature, I think. When
double-clicking it again, I was back to the voice mail of the
business, trying to figure out how to get disconnected.
I'm tight and don't use call waiting, conference calls etc - I use the
cell phone for outgoing calls because it's cheaper.
It's infuriating especially as I work from home and answer every call
because it could be work related.
But so many of them are long voice mail spams about things I'm not
interested in.
You have to pull the phone plug from the wall before it disconnects
you.
I didn't try that, but wonder exactly how the whole process works from
a technical standpoint.
There are signals to keep the line open, that's all I know.
If there's a FAQ for alt.2600 it might be there.
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