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"NoOne" <> wrote in message
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> Here's a weird one! I have DialUp connection and have long (very long)
> sessions on the internet mainly due to downloading huge files like videos
> from Kazaa etc., so I could be online for literally days (and nights) at a
> time. I only have a single phone connection so when I'm online no-one can
> phone me (like the mother-in-law)....
> But....'every time I disconnect from the internet, the phone rings right
> away....'and I DO mean right away! Within a second!
> It never fails! It's always some assole from a computer magazine or
similar
> wanting to know if I would like to subscribe to their mag, or fill in a
> 'survey' over the phone! Now, I'm all for believing in co-incedence when
> something like this happens once or twice, but when it happens every time
I
> disconnect over a period of a month....'I really have to ask myself just
> what the hell is going on.
> I'm convinced that they 'know' when I'm offline and my phone is not
engaged.
> Does anyone know how they do this, and more to the point, is it illegal?!
> And...'is there anything I can do about it?
> Geo.
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