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National Do Not Call List Opens for Registrations

Posted by michael on from the ring-ring dept.

prockcore writes "The National Do Not Call Registry is up and running. Sign up so most telemarketers cannot call you starting October 1st. There are exemptions though, like for charities and political organizations." Note that many of the states which have opened their own registries will be sharing that data with the national list, so you may not have to re-register - check and see what your state is doing.

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  1. Needs email address to register... by sdo1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm not particularly pleased that the US government now has a growing database tying email addresses to phone numbers.

    (for those that didn't bother to read it, they require a valid email address to register your phone number online)

    I guess I'll be creating a throw-away yahoo or hotmail address for this...

    -S

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    1. Re:Needs email address to register... by dki · · Score: 5, Informative

      You can register by phone as well, without giving out an email address. Info on how to register by phone is here.

    2. Re:Needs email address to register... by bief · · Score: 5, Informative

      "If you live in a state west of the Mississippi River (including Minnesota or Louisiana), you can call toll-free, 1-888-382-1222 (TTY 1-866-290-4236), from the number you wish to register." -- From the FTC's web site

    3. Re:Needs email address to register... by rodney+dill · · Score: 5, Funny

      I fooled them I registered with a false name, false phone number, AND a false email address.

      Now if I could just get my phone to stop ringing.

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  2. Yes... by mgcsinc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All I can say is Thank God! More than a simple annoyance in our home lives, the telemarketing industry is a severe drain on the resources of this country. Much like the bureaucracies of Europe (not to mention Canada) which are so widely criticized, the US telemarking industry provides a means of artificial employment for innumerable workers in this country, with people attempting to sell unwanted products in vain, going from job to job as telemarketing franchises are born and die, contributing nothing to the actual economic output of the country. Goodbye telemarketing, and good riddance...

  3. National Call List? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is there a national call list? I am lonely and would like to get more phone calls please.

  4. If charities are exempt by pulse2600 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can't wait to see companies buying time on charity organization's phone calls. Imagine this:

    1) Company makes donation to charity
    2) Charity promises to advertise company during charity's fund raising calls
    3) Company claims donation on their taxes
    4) ????
    5) Profit!!! (or in the case of the charity: Non-Profit!!!!!)

  5. Spam Gourmet - Disposable addresses by Flamesplash · · Score: 5, Informative

    You should check out Spam Gourmet instead of creating whole yahoo or hotmail accounts. It has worked really well for me.

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  6. Re:Blah. by segfault7375 · · Score: 5, Informative

    From a CNN article:

    The FCC voted 5-0 Thursday to add its authority to the do-not-call list and to plug holes in its protections. The registry will now also block telemarketers from industries whose calls the FCC regulates, including airlines, banks and telephone companies.

    Nice!