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Stephen Robb · 19-07-2003, 12:13

This one is mainly for the ntl: whizz kids and a possible re-think!

About eighteen months ago, I was getting (as are possibly a lot of ntl: customers!) plagued by cold calling phone calls. Judging by the accent now (which they can't really hide!) we are now started getting a lot from India.

Telecentrial (as it was a long time ago) were going to have a call rejection as part of the telephone package. When I first applied, the exchanges weren't tooled up for it. When it did become available I applied for it, and it has now part of my phone package. It stopped the cold calling dead in it's tracks.

It now appears, that some of these call centres now are getting around, some how or other, this problem. When I get one of these calls now, if you do a 1471 you are told by the system that the number is not available or was unobtainable.

So I now throw it open to ntl:'s administrators, but before I do, I would like to say, I'm not paranoid or anything like that, my phone number is in the phone book, and I'm shown on the electoral register. It's just p*ssing me off, that these people are getting around the system.

19-07-2003, 12:13	#1
Stephen Robb Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Reading Posts: 299	Anonymous Call Rejection This one is mainly for the ntl: whizz kids and a possible re-think! About eighteen months ago, I was getting (as are possibly a lot of ntl: customers!) plagued by cold calling phone calls. Judging by the accent now (which they can't really hide!) we are now started getting a lot from India. Telecentrial (as it was a long time ago) were going to have a call rejection as part of the telephone package. When I first applied, the exchanges weren't tooled up for it. When it did become available I applied for it, and it has now part of my phone package. It stopped the cold calling dead in it's tracks. It now appears, that some of these call centres now are getting around, some how or other, this problem. When I get one of these calls now, if you do a 1471 you are told by the system that the number is not available or was unobtainable. So I now throw it open to ntl:'s administrators, but before I do, I would like to say, I'm not paranoid or anything like that, my phone number is in the phone book, and I'm shown on the electoral register. It's just p*ssing me off, that these people are getting around the system.