Reply #11: Sorry. I smell a rat

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Unless of course the recipients of this free service are given free calls to check their voicemail and respond to messages.

Answering machines were a boon to telcos. Once upon a time you called someone, they were engaged or they didn't pick up. Now there are whole departments dedicated to maximising returns by 'growing' a single call into several call units.

If this is the case, it is sickening to see the disadvantaged ones among us being used for cheap, easy profit.