I&#x27;d prefer not to waste the time of human employees on the phone because they&#x27;re just minimum wage workers trying to earn a paycheck.  My irritation is with the <i>owners</i> of the telemarketing company.<p>If the following fake recording[1] with the special 3 beeps intro actually works to fool robo-dialers, I&#x27;d rather the service do something like that.  I also remember seeing a dedicated electronic box[2] that had that recording built-in.  You either held it to the mouthpiece of the phone or it was wired in-line between the handset and the base.  I&#x27;m not sure of the success rate of that device.  I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised if a developer attempted to replicate that device by making an app on iPhone&#x2F;Android.  Again, I&#x27;m not sure if pressing a smartphone speaker to the mouthpiece of a handset is good enough audio fidelity to fool robo dialers.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=DE4zZwDE7bc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=DE4zZwDE7bc</a><p>[2] not sure if it was this one:  <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Privacy-Technologies-TZ-900-TeleZapper-900&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B00006881R" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Privacy-Technologies-TZ-900-TeleZapper...</a>