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    Man Tells Fax Spammers To Go Fax Themselves... And They Comply For weeks now I have been receiving fax calls on my house line, a number I've had for over twenty years and now ported to VOIP; somehow, at some point, it got included on a telemarketing fax CD. I get them 3-4 times a... more

    Reviewed by CynAmun Sep 21 2008, 11:35am ( 7 reviews ) • consumerist.com

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  • Rated by CynAmun on Sep 21 2008, 11:35am

    Man Tells Fax Spammers To Go Fax Themselves... And They Comply For weeks now I have been receiving fax calls on my house line, a number I've had for over twenty years and now ported to VOIP; somehow, at some point, it got included on a telemarketing fax CD. I get them 3-4 times a day, each repeated 3 times, starting at 6 AM. Being awaken by the cheerful chirping of a fax when answering the phone isn't my cup of tea: Nobody calls me at six, so when it rings I always think there is some kind of emergency! I finally decided to do something about this problem, and using the caller ID number as starting point, Google kindly provides me with the main number and name of the offending company. The receptionist was not so receptive to my request: Seems they have many employees, and no interest in tracking down who is sending what, because they are very, very busy. Goodbye. OK. Fine by me. One great advantage of my VOIP provider (Primus, for anyone who cares) is that their base package includes many interesting features, including the possibility to redirect any number to another. Thirty seconds later, I had the fax number redirected to the receptionist's number. Since the redirection happens at the exchange, it will of course be a bit more difficult for them to track down the origin of these new, annoying calls than if they had been willing to listen to my complaint. They had their chance, and blew it. I call this forcing corporate responsibility. CynAmun: We should remember this story and try to find similar applications in our lives. Go get'em!

  • Rated by robinbal on Sep 18 2008, 3:43am

    "Being awaken by the cheerful chirping of a fax when answering the phone isn't my cup of tea: Nobody calls me at six, so when it rings I always think there is some kind of emergency!"

  • Rated by Squato on Sep 18 2008, 1:06am

    "It's like a delicious irony cake wrapped in irony ice cream and topped with chocolate irony sprinkles!" LOVE this quote.

  • Rated by onreact-com on Sep 18 2008, 12:37am

    How to deal with fax spam.

  • Rated by AmyVernon on Sep 17 2008, 1:55pm

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