h: Either, I wouldnt or couldnt be worried about picking up the phone when it rings.

 

:sad:

 

I think ADT will only call if the alarm goes off... They wont call you periodically just to check if your ok. So you could cut the ringer.

 

I know that... :fawk:

Riiing... "hello", "hi, this is Jack from ADT, just checking to see if you're alive, house it not on fire, or no suspicious people are climbing in your windows.", "now that you mention it, Jack, I was smelling smoke a couple days go", "oh, well then, we'll send someone right out." :db:

 

hehe now that would be great service...

 

Maybe you should get caller id.

 

seriously considered it, but I'd have to get one of their (more expensive) package plans. I'm cheap.

 

They being who, the phone company?

I figure between the do not call list and putting the disconnected tone on your answering machine that should probably help.

I'm a bit skeptical about the disconnected tone trick though. I work for my school calling up alumni for donations, and we use telemarketing software to do it. Our software is only designed to hang up if the phone rings a total of five times. Since most answering machines pick up after four rings, the disconnected tone wouldn't trick it. In fact if we get a disconnected tone the computer does absolutely nothing. We hear that and wait and see if it's only a disconnected message or if it says the number has been changed.

But we run a relatively unsophisticated operation, so maybe the more up-to-date calling centers are easier to fool.

 

Yes, they being Qwest.

 

hey, when do us CO peeps get to meet the infamous WCS??? do i hear a meet?