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But HOW does it work? It's not clear by the article precisely how this is done. Possibly a triple call system. Three calls to that same number at once, each a m
by Overtonwindow 9y ago
But HOW does it work? It's not clear by the article precisely how this is done. Possibly a triple call system. Three calls to that same number at once, each a millisecond after the other, and when the third hits the voicemail the other two disconnect immediately.
- 13of40 9y agoWasn't thinking of that. I assumed the phone company was complicit and selling this as a service to the telemarketers, but we can't really know if the article avoids any implementation details.
- mee_too 9y agoOr bribe the phone company and get direct access to the mail box.
- edoceo 9y agoYou really only need a double call. It's quite easy. I wrote this ages ago http://edoceo.com/exemplar/call-to-voicemail http://edoceo.com/exemplar/call-to-voicemail Oddly, my number gets blown up by these things.
- rgj 9y agoHow about call waiting?
- edoceo 9y agoIt's a far from perfect system. But it hits right like 90+% of the time. YMMV
- Overtonwindow 9y agoThat's why I was thinking triple call. Only double call would cause call waiting.
- Overtonwindow 9y agoI've never gotten them. -shrugs- How strange.
- yusyusyus 9y agoAnother way of doing this is looking at LRN database and hitting the voicemail access numbers for the carrier. Often times the pilot number will let you dial a mailbox directly.
- Overtonwindow 9y agoLRM database? Could you please elaborate?
- dqv 9y agoLRN database is kind of like the DNS of telephony. Since local numbers can be on any switch, LRN tells everyone which switch manages the number. See: Location Routing Number https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_Routing_Number https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location_Routing_Number