Comments on: Asterisk 101 Uses: Telemarketer Torture

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By: Wilson

Wilson — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:31:49 +0000

This is great. Good idea but, how do you know if is a telemarketers.

By: Good Job

Good Job — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:33:55 +0000

This is great. I second Jon’s idea. Please, please, PLEASE post more mp3s!

Seriously, you could devote a site to them.

By: roderickm

roderickm — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:39:41 +0000

Clever methods to annoy telemarketers have been around approximately as long as telemarketers themselves. Asterisk just made it easier for anyone with a computer and half an hour to join the fun.

Here’s JD’s implementation of the AstCrapper 2000, complete with links to hilarious recordings: http://www.jdhaesloop.com/astcrapper2000.html

By: Farhan Ahmad

Farhan Ahmad — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:51:01 +0000

Hahahaha! The second call is hilarious!! This guy needs some patience because he started _swearing_ (in hindi) after the second silence!

Hahaha I can’t stop laughing. He then goes towards the end of fourth silence “Chup, chup, chup, chup!” –> “Quiet, quiet, quiet, quiet!”

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:56:06 +0000

HA! GREAT! I crave more mp3s!

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:20:01 +0000

I Love it! This is great!

By: Michael Graves

Michael Graves — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:16:30 +0000

That was just awesome! I wonder if my wife would let me do something like that?

Probably not.

By: C Smith

C Smith — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:40:36 +0000

Hilarious!!!!!! That second call was hysterical. I can’t believe they kept calling you. I really like what you’ve done here. Not rude, not vulgar. A little sarcastic, but I think that’s fine.

By: Ruben Olsen

Ruben Olsen — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:55:18 +0000

Personally I do not have too much trouble with telemarketers – but for my “Get To Know Asterisk” talks I have created something similar. Not as complex as what Leif and Fred have done, but it apparently works well according to my sources:

I transfer the caller into a infinite loop with the following:

1) A lot of “mmm….” approval sounds.
2) A lot of “yes, that sounds very good”.
3) After a while I say “Opps… something is cooking over at my stove – please wait”.
4) Long silence.
5) Saying “OK, I’m back, let’s continue”
6) GOTO step #1.

Last year, after one of my talks, I got a mail from a guy which had now implemented this into their company PBX with the added twist of keeping count on how many times the loop where played, and to their amazement a sales representative from one of the big telcos did the loop 3 times before giving up

\Ruben