Why do they make us ring a call centre where the staff might as well be on the other side of the world and sometimes are?
Hopkins said Sunday morning's fight could follow a similar pattern to his match with Felix Trinidad in 2001, when the Puerto Rican's father and trainer was moved to step into the ring and call a halt to the fight.
There is a major move going on in Europe right now to establish what they call ring fencing for their major banks.
If you hear things getting violent next door, you can ring the bell or call the doorman or the cops.
Users can be logged into the service on up to five devices at once - meaning all will ring if they receive a call - including handsets using Sim cards associated with different networks and internet enabled gadgets such as iPods.
Even today, wrestlers scatter a handful of salt to purify the ring and clap their hands to call the gods before every match.
Other analysts are known to have published reports praising companies to the skies, and then tell fund managers who ring up for more information to call back on a private mobile number - so the analysts can tell the fund manager (on a phone line that is not being tape recorded) to ignore the report and avoid the stock like plague.
While a landline can call a Google Voice number and ring on your PC, the tablet cannot be called in like manner.
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Fox will also call for an end to the ring-fencing of budgets for the NHS, schools and international development, and the end of universal benefits such as the pensioners' winter fuel allowance.
Someone can call your USA number and it will ring right there on your Pocket PC.
But that call for a new global order may ring hollow with those struggling on the ground.
So for example, you would be able to get a phone call on one number and have it ring only on your work number at certain times but your Skype number at other times.
American consumers often wonder why, if they ring their telephone company and are handed from one call centre to another, they always have to repeat their contact information and describe the problem all over again.
Line2 has an iPhone App that initially gets the call, and it has a different ring, so we know if its a customer calling the lullubee number from the website, and we can answer the phone appropriately.
When a user receives a call, their TU Go app will ring across all the devices it is installed on (alongside their mobile handset), a text message will show just the same as it would on a laptop as it would on their phone.
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In the 27-second call, the sounds of at least 30 shots ring out amid the chaos.
If the global trend continues for the next 20 years, then global growth in the 21st century will ring in at a clip superior to the historic period we call the Great Dollar Standard Era from the breakdown of Bretton Woods in 1971 through the palliative Y2K freakout.
During busy periods the call handler will agree a time for an adviser to ring back, within a three-hour timeframe.
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The patent gets even more creative, suggesting customization options similar to how people assign a variety of ring tones for different contacts and whether the incoming signal is a call, text or alert.
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The pair also backed the chancellor's call for the break-up of banks that did not implement the ring-fence properly.
Users can easily call up or switch between functions assigned to the Fn (Function) button and control ring and change setting values as needed, allowing them to quickly set up their preferred style.
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Those who do use them to call colleagues to arrange work meetings, phone and text friends to set up dinner dates and ring home to check in on their babies.
Much of India's call-centre industry, which employs roughly 300, 000 agents, is located outside the ring road that encircles Bangalore, in a string of smart new business parks with tidy lawns and private security.
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