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Do-Not-Call List Logs 735K Phone Numbers
I'm sure a moderator here will probably lock or remove this thread because they feel it's unrelated to anything VDr stands for. I feel it does have some relevancy, so I'm posting it. Telemarketers are like viruses and germs that annoy me.
www.donotcall.gov
I'm just trying to help out, if you feel otherwise then remove the thread.
I considered posting the site last night, but decided not to because of the forum rules, and because this is only a U.S. issue. I'm glad you did though. It will be helpful to a lot of people.
i signed up as soon as it was up and running.
Thought this was rather amusing,,went over and registered my phone number. Noticed IE6 had the lil eyeball and red circle at the bottom. Clicked and this is what came up as third party cookie blocked:
http://www.boomspeed.com/snarfll/donotcall_bug.JPG
Thought ".gov" sites were not supposed to be "commercial"?! :p
"aens.net" is AT&T Enhanced Network Services
http://www.register.com/whois_lookup.cgi
Thanks Vernon,,Ya',,i looked at the summary of it and it said it couldn't find it in it's database. Was guessing it was something to do with my cable co. Still seemed strange it would block it,but,oh well...:)
They're getting 108 entries per second. I love it. :D
Fuelm@n, Thanks for sharing this with us.
:)
1ST:
it's not operatioal till Oct.
2nd:
they have 3 MONTHS to remove your number !
that puts it at the END of 2003.
http://www.freelink.org/consumer
has a complete list of STATE Do Not Call lists
there are a NUMBER of exemptions,including political,charity and ANY business that you have ANY association with [like bill collectors from same !].
this is NOT a cure all by any means. just an attempt to garner political hay by our SO-CALLED leadre's in congress.
http://snurl.com/OURGOV
links to every political leader in the world with an e-mail address.
I gave two phone numbers and only got acknowledged on one. Sent it Sunday morning. Still haven't gotten acknowledged for other phone number.
Registered six. Received acknowledgements for all within a 12 hour period.
onegojoe,
Resubmit the number that hasn't be acknowledged, after 72 hours if you haven't click on the link in the e-mail, that number will not be registered.
Source: dc.internet.com
Consumers Flocking to Do-Not-Call Site
By Roy MarkQuote:
"Consumer response has been enthusiastic," said FTC Chairman Timothy J. Muris. "The highest sustained system access we've seen occurred Friday evening between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. EDT when an average of 158 telephone numbers were entered into the system per second."
On Friday, 7 million telephone numbers were logged into the system; Saturday the number slowed to 4.6 million; and Sunday the number was 2 million. FTC officials have said they expect 60 million households to sign up for the new service.
This should send a signal to all telemarketers, "Leave Us Alone!".
I wish they can come up with a similar system for e-mail spam, and one that'll work.
As to the "State" no call programs. In my state(Orygun) they charge you $5.00 per year to be on "their" no call list. May be worth it for those who get hit often,but not for me...:(
Source: dc.internet.com
Do Not Call List Sparks Call for Similar Spam Plan
By Roy MarkQuote:
Consumers flocking to the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) new DoNotCall.gov site overwhelmingly support the idea of a similar Do Not Spam list, according to a survey by online research firm InsightExpress.
You know what infuriates me, but does not surprise me? Phone companies are exempt and I don't know about you, but they make up for about 80% of my annoying calls.