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Old 16-11-2004, 11:00   #12
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Re: New phone pest.

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Originally Posted by Fireplace
We have had ACR on our NTL line for a good few years now and for a long time it was very effective.

During the last 12 months or so, we have been getting an increasing amount of these automated calls. Reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Homer finds an autodialler. 'If you want happiness, send $1 to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace'.

As soon as you pick up the call, you can tell what it's going to be - I more or less put the phone down straight away.

I have registered with TPS, but so far can't say that I've noticed any difference.
A lot of these automated calls originate from outside the UK and so TPS has no power over them.

As Russ has already said, because they are foreign calls they are not "caller ID witheld" just "caller ID unavailable" so ACR does not stop them either.
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