I've got a call blocker. I like my call blocker.
I don't like telemarketers. When the phone rings and I answer and there's no one there, I know it's a computer waiting for me to say something else before it connects me to a live person. So that live person doesn't have to waste his or her time with answering machines or unanswered lines. One of the worst companies at telemarketing here at my house, is AT&T. I've blocked three numbers from them over the past six months.
Even though my call blocker keeps the call from being completed, the phone still rings, at least once.
So, last week, I called the number back. I told the guy "take this phone number off of your list; do not call here again. I do not want your DSL service, I do not want your U-verse television service, I do not want your landline phone service. I'm very happy with what we've got." So, as he makes a notation on the computer, he tries to sell me their service, comparing what they have to what we have.
According to their website, their top download speed is 45 Mbps.
Here's what I just got doing a speed test. We have Cox.
We pay $99 a month. We have three MagicJacks here, that's our phone service, lines provided by our internet. I don't have any complaints about our service. I don't.
So, he tells me that AT&T is fiberoptic, that the speed are ten times that of Cox. WTF? Really? Well, according to their website, they sure as hell don't have that 692.60 Mbps listed as an option. I kept telling him that I wasn't interested. I said "I'm calling you to tell you to quit calling here and you're trying to sell me on your system? It's not going to happen, so stop it", but he kept up.
Well, the phone rings last night. An 800 number. One not blocked. I answered it.
AT&T. ARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
I started ranting to this guy, told him to quit calling! I was laughing when I did it, like geez, can't you guys take a hint? He was really taken aback. "This is the first time I've called this number, ma'am!"
I hope they don't call again.
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