Nonetheless, more and more Internet service providers are likely to start offering voice services as a way to try to hang on to dial-up customers and keep them from going to the cable or phone companies.

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Cold-calling seniors, swindlers have found, is an effective way to reach them because they answer the phone and will not immediately hang up on them.

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