arstechnica.com — Congress has passed two bills related to the National Do Not Call registry that will allow the Federal Trade Commission to keep collecting maintenance fees and even eliminate the need for us to re-register ourselves after five years.
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aaroncoDec 19, 2007
"Predictive" dialers are a bit more sophisticated than just "dumping" the other lines. They usually get fed to other callers. But yea, it's annoying to wait for the transfer over.The "dead number" signal is that 3 tone sound that you get when you dial a number that's been disconnected. There are dialers now that can detect these hacks, but they aren't widely used. You can find audio of that online. Put that on your voicemail or answering machine and enjoy the cutback on automatic dialing.
dustin00Dec 19, 2007
With the political and charity calls continuing to constantly badger me, I gave up and killed the land line.Peace at last!
scheissenDec 19, 2007
You fail at economics. Harassing someone is invading privacy, of course you libtards wouldn't know s**t about rights.
rberk72Dec 19, 2007
Guess I'm one of the few against this. It's ridiculous, it will cost some lower-middle class people their jobs and will hurt small businesses trying to find new customers. And, of course, placing yourself on this dnc list will only place you on the lists for those exempted from it, such as police organizations, charities,foreign companies, etc. Technology is at the point nowadays where just about everyone can know who's calling them, but instead of simply looking at your caller id or turning off your phone/ringer, we're still asking government to fix this personal aggravation for us.
technoredneckDec 19, 2007
Telemarketers take your time and energy without your permission, and when they call repeatedly at inopportune times, it is arguably harassment. So, it is an exception to the "free market" rule. Either way, when the salespeople come to you instead of vice versa, it is the complete opposite of the "traditional" free market (i.e. where you go to the salespeople). If time is money, they are effectively stealing money from you, which is against the rules in basically any "free market".
buckrogers1965Dec 20, 2007
You know what would be even cheaper for them to implement? How about a law against calling anyone that is not already your direct customer? Just like the law against junk spamming.
britocaDec 21, 2007
there is no caller ID with these calls. If they call ur cell phone, all u see is the caller's number... Who could it be? I guess you'll have to answer if u want to know...
xevecDec 26, 2007
These legislations by the government of the "do not call" list is stupid. I have a better idea of how this can be solved. It is the PHONE companies taking responsibility for such things. Making the phone companies somehow able to block out "certain phone signals" that would be considered telemarketing. I am thinking of it in the same way most e-mail providers are blocking spam for you(instead of the government blocking spam in your e-mail). I would think the phone system can work the same way. Get the government out of there! I doubt you would want e-mail service providers to allow the feds to "block spam" for you. So why allow the government to stop these calls?All I'm saying is, complain to your phone company about this thing. I bet you if a phone company offered you a "spam protection" type service with their phones, people would SIGN UP for their services...if they truly believe in not wanting spam. Just don't use other people's money for your convenience.