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No. The TeleZapper will not interfere with your answering machine. In fact, the

TeleZapper works with most answering machines to "zap" telemarketers when you

are away or when you prefer not to answer the phone. When your answering machine

picks up a call for you, the TeleZapper emits its special tone to "zap" the

telemarketer. Your name will have been deleted from another telemarketing list

and you won't have been bothered at all. A caller who wishes to leave a message

on your answering machine will hear a short tone followed by your recording. A

caller who wishes to leave a message on your answering machine will hear a short

tone followed by your recording.

It is important that you re-record your answering machine message and delay

speaking for a few seconds to allow time for the TeleZapper tone prior to the

start of your recorded message. Also, please be aware that all answering

machines are different. If the delay until the recorded message is played is too

short, the special tone may not play which will keep the TeleZapper from

working.

I have voicemail from the telephone company. Will the TeleZapper work with this?

Yes and No. Your telephone must go "off-hook" for the TeleZapper to emit its

tone. As long as you pick up a call, the phone goes "off-hook" and the

TeleZapper emits its tone to "zap" telemarketers. If, instead, the telephone

company "answers" your calls through voicemail, your phone does not go "off-

hook" and the TeleZapper cannot emit its tone. The TeleZapper will not interfere

with the normal operation of your voicemail.

Will the TeleZapper interfere with my computer or fax machine?

No. The TeleZapper does not interfere with the operation of your computer, your

fax machine or other telecommunications or electronics equipment.

Will the TeleZapper work on junk faxes?

Yes. If your fax number is dialed by a computerized predictive dialing system

that is programmed to listen for disconnected numbers, the TeleZapper will "zap"

your fax number from those calling lists.

What's to keep telemarketers from just turning off the "disconnected" feature on

their computerized dialing equipment?

Plenty! There are millions of non-working telephone numbers. Telemarketers

succeed by efficiently connecting their operators to PEOPLE and then selling

them something. The last thing they want is to waste time being connected to a

non-working telephone number. Plus, when you've installed a TeleZapper, you're

telling the telemarketer you do not want to talk to them. There are laws that

support your right to privacy and most telemarketers really don't want to

violate those laws -- they just want to talk to someone who might buy something.

Does the TeleZapper block collectors' computer-generated calls made to collect

legitimate debts?

By purchasing the TeleZapper from Privacy Technologies, you are making a choice

to protect your privacy. Before the introduction of the TeleZapper, you may have

used other methods to screen unwanted calls, such as Caller ID, Privacy Manager,

and answering machines. The TeleZapper is simply another option for people who

are concerned about maintaining their privacy. That right is a fundamental one

and is, indeed, constitutionally protected.

The majority of telemarketing calls are computer dialed at random. The

TeleZapper is designed to "zap" your phone number off telemarketers' computers.

Whether the TeleZapper will affect computer-dialed calls from other sources,

such as collection agencies, depends on the type of computer equipment being

used and how that equipment is programmed.