Subj : Re: Does Usenet still have value?
To   : boraxman
From : Arelor
Date : Sun Feb 13 2022 04:05:21

  Re: Re: Does Usenet still have value?
  By: boraxman to Arelor on Sun Feb 13 2022 08:37 pm

 >  Ar> I have never asked them where they are hailing from, but if somebody
 >  Ar> with a heavy Mexican accent told me he was calling from Melbourne, I
 >  Ar> would be surprised XD
 > 
 >  Ar> It looks like people trying to sell you ISP services in Spain call from
 >  Ar> South America, and people trying to sell you software or holiday plans
 >  Ar> call from somewhere in Spain.
 > 
 > 
 > They used to be Indian accents, but I think they caught on and realised that
 > people were hanging up the moment they heard that accent.  So now they
 > generally don't have accents.

I don't hang up because of the accent. I hang up the moment I detect it is a
call center.

Lots of these orgs are using robocallers. A computer calls you, and when you
pick the phone up, they pass the call to an employee. It takes about a second
for the employee to pick it up, so you can detect it is a call center because
of the artificial delay. There is also the fact that a lot of call centers are
really cheap and use no background nopise filters, so you can hear other
employees spamming people in the background.

Off to hell the call goes.

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