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How long it takes to reach a human at 64 companies (we recorded every call)
We went back through 107 customer service calls we've published to 64 companies, and timed how long each one took to reach a live person. Here is what got through, what didn't, where AI assistants and account number prompts stopped us, and the full dataset as a CSV.
OCT 8 / Nick Khami
How to add phone calls to a Vercel AI SDK agent
call4me-ai-sdk gives an AI SDK agent a phone. It calls a business, has the conversation, waits on hold, and hands the outcome and transcript back to your code. Here is the setup, the tools, how mid-call questions work, and what happened when we ran it.
OCT 8 / Nick Khami
How to set up an AI that makes phone calls for you
Your AI assistant can call a business, talk to whoever answers and bring the result back to you. Here's how to connect it, what to ask for, and how to tell when the job is actually done.
OCT 7 / Nick Khami
Wyoming registered agent consent form: how to get it
I asked my assistant to call our Wyoming provider and get the signed consent emailed to us. Here is the real call, the official form, and a prompt you can use.
OCT 5 / Nick Khami
How to cancel HelloFresh: next box, deadline and a real call
We reached HelloFresh customer care to ask about cancellation, a box already in progress and missing cancel options. Hear the call and follow the official online route.
OCT 3 / Nick Khami
How much does a private dining room cost? We called 5 Durham restaurants for a dinner for 10
Five Durham restaurant calls for a dinner for 10. Hear the recordings, compare room fees and food costs, and see which amounts remain unconfirmed.
OCT 1 / Nick Khami
How to find a new primary care doctor with an out-of-state plan (15 recorded calls)
A call4me user in Baltimore needed a new primary care doctor and had an out-of-state Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO. Their AI phone assistant called 10 practices. Here's who was taking new patients, who took the plan, how far out the first opening was, a $2,121 surprise, and all 15 recordings.
OCT 1 / Nick Khami
UPS phone number: how to reach a person to change a delivery
Two recorded calls show what got us past the voice menu and what an agent quoted for delivery changes.
OCT 1 / Nick Khami
Verizon customer service number: how to reach a live agent
Three recordings cover account verification, a cheaper plan quote and the representative's callback. Nothing on the account was changed.
OCT 1 / Nick Khami
FedEx customer service number: how to get a live agent to call you back
Five recordings show why our calls needed a tracking number, how the callback worked, and what the agent said about holding a package.
OCT 1 / Nick Khami
Experian credit freeze by phone: what happens when you call
We called Experian’s freeze line 15 times in one afternoon. Here are the routes we tried and a 9 minute recording of the call that got furthest.
SEP 30 / Nick Khami
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