Nuisance calls: does pressing the hash key do anyt...

There are lots of internet hits on pressing your phone's hash key (#) repeatedly when you receive a nuisance call. Some say it confuses the calling company's telephony equipment, others that it removes your number from their list. Does the hash key in fact do anything useful, or is this just an urban myth?

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As Ectophile says it "may" confuse the system but other than that it does not have any effect, my advice is to stay silent as the call centre equipment waits for a voice on the line before it connects an operator to you.
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