"2 AM telephone hang ups"

Ah - I finally snapped - got 'message answering' - the wankers who hang up as soon as I answer are happy, and now I'm happy too! :-)

I suspected that somebody was ringing just to check if I was at home, or 'somewhere else' - and I just got tired of killing nyself to get to the phone in a rush, only for some stalker, or telemarketing wanker!

Lots of telemarketers connect the call, and then play you music (whereupon _I_ would hang up!), or just just give you silence till they get around to allocating a person to talk... now they just waste their money, as the line just hangs up if they don't talk... :-)

For $6 a month, I get to tell people:

"This phone number has been registered with the Australia Govt 'Do Not Call' Register since inception. Don't bother to leave a message, as I won't listen to it. If you want to contact me, you'll just have to find another way, sorry."

All my friends have my mobile number, and the only 2 messages left so far have been both the recent Liberal and Labour party 'personal phone calls'... We have preferential voting in Australia, so I didn't vote '1' for EITHER... :-)

I mainly use the phone for dialup anyway...