IVRHacks: Bypass Automated Phone Systems

No one likes to deal with annoying automated phone systems that take ages before connecting caller to a real person. The websites like IVR Hacks try to address this problem by telling folks about useful shortcuts which can be used to bypass automated phone systems at hundreds of companies.

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The site currently lists shortcuts to major service providers in 5 countries (Australia, Canada, USA, New Zealand and UK). Users can search the site by company name or browse by categories.

Features:

  • Database of phone shortcuts that can be used to bypass automated robots and speak to a human.
  • Currently lists only the companies based in 5 countries: Australia, Canada, USA, New Zeland and UK.
  • Browse companies by category (banking, cable, government, telecommunication, insurance etc).
  • Contribute by adding new numbers and reporting faulty ones.
  • If the company you are looking for is not listed on IVRHacks then you may try searching for it on other similar websites like DialAHuman and GetHuman.

Check out IVR Hacks @ www.ivrhacks.com

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2009-09-23 07:16:26
Gene Thomas

I have enjoyed your BLOG for a long time. I get it by RSS feed and read it daily. Lately, you have this annoying pop up soliciting an email subscription that is nearly impossible to close. It is so bad, in fact, that I am thinking of deleting the RSS feed. Today, I just gave it some bogus data so I could read BLOG. Too bad.

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