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Thank You Mr. President. The sound of silence is GOLDEN! Register here to get your phone on the list of Do Not Call or the telemarketers will get fined.
PostPosted:Fri Jun 27, 2003 8:54 am
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="
http://www.donotcall.gov/">Enjoy the sound of silence.</a>
Thank You Mr. President. The sound of silence is GOLDEN! Register here to get your phone on the list of Do Not Call or the telemarketers will get fined.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:48 pm
by Eric
<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>They're gonna sue over that I can see it now, btw that link must be getting flooded cause it's not loading for me.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:10 pm
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>They'll have to sue the states too. And yeah, it's flooded. I got through earlier today luckily.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Jun 27, 2003 4:25 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Could this be feasible for spam as well?</div>
PostPosted:Fri Jun 27, 2003 4:28 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar ... ptop_tb</a>
The American Teleservices Association has filed suit. They claim free speech violations, which I don't buy.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Jun 27, 2003 4:48 pm
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Not sure. The Do Not Call excludes non-profits associations soliciting donations and such. There's a call center in Tennessee that calls for the Brotherhood of Police or something. Man, they NEVER give up. I'll speak in a foriegn language next time if they call.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Jun 27, 2003 4:50 pm
by G-man Joe
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Not a single voice mail from telemarketers today, now that I'm home. So far, 30 minutes in the house, NOT ONE CALL. Booyah! *does the hamster dance*</div>
PostPosted:Fri Jun 27, 2003 7:01 pm
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>I don't think I've ever gotten spam from a non-profit. I think that's a potential loophole - a company sets up a non-profit as a marketing front.</div>
PostPosted:Fri Jun 27, 2003 10:39 pm
by Tessian
<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>PA's had this for almost a year now on our own; it works pretty damn well</div>
PostPosted:Sat Jun 28, 2003 12:31 am
by Kupek
<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar ... ptop_tb</a>
"At one point, 108 people per second registered with FTC to block telemarketing calls."</div>
PostPosted:Sat Jun 28, 2003 2:45 am
by ManaMan
<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Same here in Missouri.</div>