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But HOW does it work? It's not clear by the article precisely how this is done. Possibly a triple call system. Three calls to that same number at once, each a millisecond after the other, and when the third hits the voicemail the other two disconnect immediately.
You really only need a double call. It's quite easy. I wrote this ages ago http://edoceo.com/exemplar/call-to-voicemail Oddly, my number gets blown up by these things.
The article doesn't describe how the technology works. Due to the slow speed (100 voicemail/min) its likely what they are doing is initiating a call far enough for the phone system to busy out your phone, then very quickly placing a second call that the phone system sends straight to voicemail as your phone is busy. Once this call starts to hit voicemail, the original call is dropped. I doubt phone companies let peop…
what they are doing is initiating a call far enough for the phone system to busy out your phone, then very quickly placing a second call that the phone system sends straight to voicemail as your phone is busy. I can tell you that's exactly what they are doing.
I assume we're talking about a very narrow window here, right? How narrow?
Is it something that has always existed, or something that crept in because of the transition from phone-as-mechanical-device to phone-as-software?
People still use voice mail? I don't believe I've encountered one in at least a decade...
The only responsible marketing is a nose around your fucking head. If I want your services I will contact you. Got it?
The article doesn't describe how the technology works. Due to the slow speed (100 voicemail/min) its likely what they are doing is initiating a call far enough for the phone system to busy out your phone, then very quickly placing a second call that the phone system sends straight to voicemail as your phone is busy. Once this call starts to hit voicemail, the original call is dropped. I doubt phone companies let peop…
Because if not, I need to disable my voicemail.
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what they are doing is initiating a call far enough for the phone system to busy out your phone, then very quickly placing a second call that the phone system sends straight to voicemail as your phone is busy. I can tell you that's exactly what they are doing.
This is fascinating. It never occurred to me until now that there might be a window in the call process between "line is flagged as busy" and "phone rings." I assume we're talking about a very narrow window here, right? How narrow? Is it something that has always existed, or something that crept in because of the transition from phone-as-mechanical-device to phone-as-software?
Not much, say 25 cents or around there. If it's important that's a negligible cost.
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what they are doing is initiating a call far enough for the phone system to busy out your phone, then very quickly placing a second call that the phone system sends straight to voicemail as your phone is busy. I can tell you that's exactly what they are doing.
This is fascinating. It never occurred to me until now that there might be a window in the call process between "line is flagged as busy" and "phone rings." I assume we're talking about a very narrow window here, right? How narrow? Is it something that has always existed, or something that crept in because of the transition from phone-as-mechanical-device to phone-as-software?
On a related note, I'm still surprised to find that telephone operators haven't fixed the scenario "someone calls me and I just miss it, I call them back while they're trying to call me for the second time, and we both get a busy signal". As a naive outsider, seems like it wouldn't take much to just connect those two calls.
>“responsible marketing.” The only responsible marketing is a nose around your fucking head. If I want your services I will contact you. Got it?
People still use voice mail? I don't believe I've encountered one in at least a decade...