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This is what is happening, the telemarketers have what is called a phone bank. It will ring like 100 numbers at a time and the first person to answer is the lucky one( or unlucky one). All the rest will be just a dead line with no tone or anything. The telemarketers will have various amount of people working in what they call a boiler room, so if you have 20 people calling the first 20 people that answer thier phone are the ones they talk to.
In case you are wondering yes I worked in one of these places about 12 years ago and the biggest companies were just starting at that time to set up this phone bank calling program.
I know this irritates me too.
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