Reader Comments (rss)

(Flattened / Threaded)

1.  

   No Subject Given

   

   Bob Dole, Jun 27th, 2003 @ 4:34am

   
   

   The "political message" trick won't work -- they need to be a non-profit organization. :)
   
   Call the FCC or FTC when you get a scam caller, and if they can catch the company they'll be fined $11,000 for each call they're caught making.

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

2.  

   Re: No Subject Given

   

   Glenn, Jun 27th, 2003 @ 8:00am

   
   

   Okay, if this will actually work for phone calls (and I'm a bit skeptical; I actually wonder that if I register my cell phone, if I'll suddenly start to get telemarkting phone calls there), then why couldn't this work for spam. Creat the email database. Anyone sending out spam will have to pay the $11,000 or whatever fine per offense. It won't take a lot of legal examples before it has some impact.

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

3.  

   from Edupage

   

   paul, Jun 27th, 2003 @ 7:53pm

   
   

   The way I see it, it has no effect. Just a lot of hot air.
   
   
   FEDERAL DO-NOT-CALL LIST OPEN FOR BUSINESS
   The federal do-not-call list went into operation this week, taking
   phone numbers from citizens who want not to be called by telemarketers.
   Similar to do-not-call lists in many states, the federal list will be
   made available to telemarketers, for a fee. Companies found to have
   called numbers on the list face fines of up to $11,000 per call.
   Exceptions are made for politicians, nonprofit groups, those conducting
   surveys, and companies with whom the person being called has an
   existing business relationship. The phone numbers on some of the state
   do-not-call lists automatically transferred to the federal list. People
   in states whose lists do not transfer will have to add their numbers
   separately to the federal list. The list is administered by both the
   Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission, a
   combination that covers some wide loopholes in early plans for the
   list.
   Wall Street Journal, 27 June 2003 (sub. req'd)
   

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

4.  

   Screen Machine

   

   TM, Jun 30th, 2003 @ 9:39am

   
   

   I bought a Screen Machine for $49.95. It has been 100-percent effective in stopping telemarketing calls so far (I've had it about a year). It does throw some personal callers off the first time, but more often than not people who call me seem to think it's a great idea.

   [ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]

Add Your Comment