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The National "Do Not Call" Registry
Amendment to the Telemarketing Sales Rule

The FTC will not allow private companies or other such third parties to "pre-register" consumers for the national Do Not Call registry. Web sites or phone solicitations that claim they can or will register a consumer's name or phone number on a national list – especially those that charge a fee – are a scam. Consumers will be able to register directly with the FTC, or through some state governments, but never private companies.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has amended the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to give consumers a choice about whether they want to receive most telemarketing calls. Consumers soon will be able to put their phone numbers on a national “do not call” registry. It will be illegal for most telemarketers to call a number listed on the registry.

Beginning in July, consumers will be able to put their telephone numbers on the national registry, which telemarketers subsequently will be required to access. When registration opens in July, consumers can register for free in two ways: online or by telephone. The FTC will announce the Web site URL for online registration and the toll-free number in June. To better manage the anticipated volume of registrations, initial sign-up by phone for the registry will be phased in, region-by-region, over an eight-week period. Online registration will be available throughout the United States in July. As of October it will be illegal for most telemarketers to call a number listed on the registry.

In addition to establishing the national “do not call” registry, the amended TSR calls for other changes, including limiting abandoned calls, restricting unauthorized billing and requiring telemarketers to transmit Caller ID information.

This site has information for you – whether you’re a consumer interested in signing up for the national “do not call registry,” or a telemarketer or seller interested in learning more about your responsibilities under the amended TSR. This site will be updated with new information, including the initial date when registration will begin, a link to online registration, and expanded information for businesses. So check back often for all you need to know about the national “do not call” registry and the amended TSR.

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This is fraught with danger and reeks with Bullshit.

But thats just my view.

I'm on the New York State Do Not Call Registry it's reduced my telemarketing to almost ZERO. The only people who are allowed to call are those people who currently do business with, i.e. the cable company calls asking if I want to get premium movie channels. I tell them that they need to remove me from their list or I will cancel my cable all together which further reduced the calls.

The other amounts of calls I do get are those that are from other states. Those don't have to comply with the state of NY's Do Not Call Registry. It's disruptive and annoying.

I'm sorry I don't smell the bushit that you speak of... nor the danger.

We dont have this here and it just seems a strange concept to register with all your details to a database that wants to stop said practise.
Oh well,live and learn.
Apparently it is in Finland as well.

all that I had to register is my phone number. that's it.

check out the link in my previous post and see what info you need to provide.

I'll be on the national no call list as soon as it opens!

Go figure, telemarketers would jump in to sell access to the free list.

i think if this works well then it will be a good thing... i mean i dont like getting those calls for credit cards or whatever... i even get them in the dorms here at school...

now what I would like to do really is stop getting all the JUNK MAIL.... now if they had one of those... but then again.. that's what keeps the post office humming.

They have one of those do not call lists in Tennessee. However, companies have gone as far as to use the numbers on the list to add to there customers to call. One company went as far as to call the same number 6 times i believe after they knew the phone # was on the "do not call" list and had been reported to the state about the said phone calls more than once.
Personally I hope it works, but i won't keep my hopes up.

I never get calls from anybody wanting to sell me anything anyway. All of my calls are from people who want their damn money.

I'd actually welcome an innocent call from a pissant little solicitor.

I know people who personally have won court cases and recieved fine monies from them. There is no reason to sign up if there is no enforcement. Enforcement is the only way to make sure that something works.

I think it's just too much fun to fuck with telemarketers to put my name on a 'do not call' list. Ask them what they're wearing. Start telling them all your personal problems. If you don't have personal problems, make some shit up. Tell them you have cancer of the wrist and that it'd be too painful to retreive your wallet and/or credit card from your own pocket. Ask them to pick a number between 1 and 100 over and over always telling them "Nope, guess again". See?

Considering how much anger most people have towards telemarketers, I hope the do not call list eventually puts them all out of business.