Recent questions tagged telephone

Description : Does your listing on the "do not call" list expire after a period of time?

Last Answer : I don’t know where you are from but f you are a inhabitant of the Netherlands your listing does not expire (only when you unlist yourself).

Description : What are the pros and cons of Magic Jack?

Last Answer : I have never used it, personally. I have heard from a friend that has that the connection can be really sketchy and unrealiable, but the price is good.

Description : How do you treat telemarketers/phone surveyors when they call?

Last Answer : I’d like to pull a Seinfeld on them, but I usually just say I don’t have time, and please not to call. I treat them like waitstaff – as long as they aren’t pushy. They are, after all, just people doing their jobs.

Description : When the telephone rings are you excited or fearful?

Last Answer : Fearful, most of the time it makes me jump out of my skin. Other times I hate that irritating sound, it always seems to make me feel jumpy. On my cell phone I always try to have a soft ringtone that doesn ... heart palpitations. It is so soft that I end up not hearing it at times. I am a weirdo, uh?

Description : How can i block a phone number from being received by my land line phone?

Last Answer : Check with the phone company and see if they have that as a service you can get. If not, I don’t think there’s much you can do.

Description : When were the first telephone answering machines for home use put on the market?

Last Answer : answer:“In 1983 Kazuo Hashimoto received a patent for a Digital Answering Machine architecture with US Patent 4,616,110. The first Digital Answering Machine brought to the market was AT&T’s 1337” So, I guess the early 80’s. Source

Description : What does your answer machine say right now?

Last Answer : Nothing. No one is calling.

Description : How To Make A String Can Telephone

Last Answer : Materials: 2 tin cans with one hole punched in bottom string Instructions: 1) Prior to the meeting, punch a hole in the bottom of each tin can using a nail and a hammer. 2) Thread string through hole in bottom of can and knot. 3) Pull string taut to ‘talk’ over the telephone.