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Just called me for the 6th time.  I sent them a busy signal.

I read another post on this site about something called a SIT-TONE.
Check it out. It is the sound you hear when you call a number that has been disconnected.
Record the tone at the beginning of your outgoing voice message.

>>> I read another post on this site about something called a SIT-TONE. <<<

Sorry, these are almost never used anymore and have no little or no effect.  (I say "almost never used" because I don't *personally* know whether the entire country has migrated from rotary dial to push button phones yet.)

"SIT-tones" were used during the old analog telephone days when all phone signaling was done in-band.  That meant that you sometimes heard "chirps" when a long distance line was connected and some people figured out how to use "Captain Crunch" whistles to make long distance calls for free.

AT&T didn't care much for whistles in cereal boxes, so they eventually designed an electronic switching system that kept the signaling separate from the voice signal -- in different clouds, as it were.  

If a predictive dialer still exists today that doesn't ignore these tones or isn't manually set to ignore them, I'm not aware of it.

The fact that they are no longer useful is well-known.  See http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeleZapper

Hi, thanks. . According to the post I read, they claimed that if the robo-dialer heard the sit-tone, it would assume the number was not working and remove it from the list.

I should add that as a result of your question, I performed a further search and found some recent claims that this device (or a similar one) can reduce the number of unwanted calls by about 40-50%.  The problem is that it's unclear how accurately this percentage can be obtained or whether they are "unwanted" calls.  Still, 40% can be a significant number.

So if you want to try putting SIT tones on your answering machine, go ahead and try it, see whether it works for you, and please report back!

Oh, a side effect of using a SIT tone on one's answering machine was that a lot of their friends now hang up without leaving messages, even when told in advance of the intended use of the tone.  It seems as though it annoys the people who are most likely to call and leave a message -- your friends -- because it is so loud.

I see only one flaw in my plan. If we put a SIT-TONE on our outgoing message,
I think incoming calls would still hear a ring tone before the SIT-TONE was played.

If so, then the  plan might not have the desired outcome.

I would also love to hear results from others who try this.
I obtained the SIT-TONE from a website in the form of a wave file.
Another way to get it is to call an out of service phone number.

Good luck everyone. Let's hear the results. ...

I use a SIT at the start of my OGM, coupled with an 8-second carrier-generated voice that says the number has been disconnected, before my call screen function activates.*  It matters not whether a ring occurs before the SIT answers.  Many disconnected lines still ring.  However, my lines do not ring, since I use VoIP.

*The call screen function presents three options -- find me, leave message, start fax, or repeat the instructions.  So, it's double-layered.  A robodialer thinks the line is disconnected.  If it doesn't, it cannot press anything to get through.  Problem solved.  Simply port whatever numbers you are using to a VoIP provider that has a full buffet of options from which to choose.  The more, the better.  Something like Google Voice is not going to work!  Then, point those numbers to be handed off to a new cell phone/ home phone number.  The process will not work by using only one number, although T-Mobile has claimed it is going to introduce some telephony robodial-fighting app in fourth quarter of 2015 or later.  This may help, but, unless it's double-layered, count on robodials getting through quite easily after cracking the system.  Simply, you just have to stay one step ahead of the dialers.  When they're ahead of you, that is when you get the calls.  Quite simple.

Because I have three high-profile "repeater" phone numbers that funnel (point/ hand off calls to) my cell phone, the only calls that get through are "butt-dials" which are harmless and won't normally occur again.  Otherwise, I used to get a robodial about every four minutes during waking hours.  Not kidding.  Anyone with repeater numbers in one of the three largest cities in America knows of this problem.

Good luck.  Now you have been advised of the only way to stop the calls.  For now.  In three or four years, maybe this dual-layered system will no longer work, when the robocalling systems are programmed to dial every digit to get through.  Then, the VoIP providers will make it harder by requiring a two-digit combination before connection.