Re: Telephone Preference service doesn't work

In uk.telecom, John Dean wrote:
Peter Andrews wrote:

TPS doesn't stop the problem but it makes it a lot better.


Me too. Cold calls are rare.

Ditto, one or two cold calls a year.

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I'm certain TPS makes a difference. That and being ex-directory.

I'm in the Phone Book and it doesn't seem to do any harm.

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Mike Barnes
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