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41 Million Sign Up for National Do-Not-Call List

Posted by michael on from the but-everyone-loves-spam dept.

ejbst25 writes "The first wave of the do not call registry sign up ends 8/31. There is plenty of news coverage but they say there is already over 41 million numbers registered."

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  1. Cell Phone Number by gsparrow · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Can telemarketers call your cell phone number? Do you need to put your cell number on the do not call list or is it already protected since you pay on a time basis?

  2. Do not patronize by Offwhite98 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My guess is the people who are not on the lists will now get more calls because there is a smaller pool of numbers to use. In that case, I would like to see a "Do not patronize" list for companies that bother people at home with sales pitches. If a company wants to get their word out, they will have to learn to use advertising and not my home phone.

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  3. In other news by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The government has managed in a surprisingly small amount of time to compile a database linking phone numbers and email addresses with 41M entries.

    I'm sure it'll be used only for opt-in telemarketting. I mean, what else could be done with such a database?

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