btb@hogpc.UUCP (B.BURGER) (03/07/84)
Okay, gang, here's a suggestion: Anytime a machine calls you, do a little legwork and find out the NAME and PHONE NUMBER (preferably home phone -- often in the phone book) of the President of the company who sponsored the call. Post it to the net. Then, everyone on the net should call this number and complain. (If each person calls once, it isn't harassing -- after all, the machine called us!) If a lot of numbers start getting posted, just call the ones near your home. I volunteer to do this next time I get a junk call. Anyone else? (Don't say yes or no -- just post a number sometime!) --Bruce Burger Lincroft, NJ
ron@brl-vgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (03/08/84)
No...you just set it up so that his personal office phone gets polled by UUCP hourly. -Ron
neal@denelcor.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer) (03/09/84)
************************************************************************** >Anytime a machine calls you, do a little legwork and find out the >NAME and PHONE NUMBER (preferably home phone -- often in the phone >book) of the President of the company who sponsored the call. >Post it to the net. Then, everyone on the net should call this >number and complain. (If each person calls once, it isn't >harassing -- after all, the machine called us!) I second the motion as well as the one that recommended sending a letter to the newspaper complaining of the practice (sorry, I lost the reference to that article). I'd also send a copy of the letter to the above mentioned company president. Don't be afraid to mention names if you're sure of them. Call him first and then if it happens again, start sending letters. If you're significantly inconvenienced (if you can't use your phone, for example, especially in an emergency) consider suing. Regards, Neal Weidenhofer Denelcor, Inc. <hao|csu-cs|brl-bmd>!denelcor!neal
murray@t4test.UUCP (Murray Lane) (03/10/84)
> Okay, gang, here's a suggestion: > > Anytime a machine calls you, do a little legwork and find out the > NAME and PHONE NUMBER (preferably home phone -- often in the phone > book) of the President of the company who sponsored the call. > Post it to the net. Then, everyone on the net should call this > number and complain. (If each person calls once, it isn't > harassing -- after all, the machine called us!) Better yet, have your machine call their president (TWEEEEEEEEET) Murray at Intel @ t4test
rjhurdal@watmath.UUCP (rjhurdal) (03/11/84)
A previous suggestion was to publish the names and home phone numbers of officials of the company responsible by, for example, posting them to the net. I think a better place to publish would be in public washrooms. The message should say something like: "For a good time call Fred, 885-1211" -- David Canzi c/o watmath!rjhurdal
ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (Lee Dickey) (04/04/84)
> Anytime a machine calls you, do a little legwork and find out the > NAME and PHONE NUMBER (preferably home phone -- often in the phone > book) of the President of the company who sponsored the call. How do you find out the name of the president? -- Lee Dickey, University of Waterloo. (ljdickey@watmath.UUCP) ...!allegra!watmath!ljdickey ...!ucbvax!decvax!watmath!ljdickey