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Congress May Permit Robot Calls To Cell Phones
TCPALaw writes "While many hoaxes have circulated in the past about cell phone numbers being opened up to telemarketers, it now may actually happen. A bill, HR 3035 (PDF), has been introduced in Congress, that would create numerous exceptions to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which banned autodialed and prerecorded robot calls to cell phone numbers. If passed, HR 3035 would permit a wide range of autodialed and prerecorded calls to cell phones that are currently prohibited, and would preempt practically all state laws providing similar protections. This is being applauded by debt collectors and banks (PDF) ... as if the bailouts weren't enough, now they get to make you pay for their calls to you."
Umm.. no. This was definitely a job for kneepads.
"Computers are a lot like Air Conditioners" "They both work great until you start opening Windows"
Of course they won't pay the bill. But, I will send it, write it off as noncollectable, then file a 1099 with the IRS of forgiven debt. (nothing better than being pedantic with the IRS). I assume one of these days it'll get me audited, but until then I will continue to have fun (much like the guy who is suing spammers for violations of the CAN-SPAM act).
-nB
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You should set up a robodialer to call them until they respond.
If anything, every telemarketing call should have to be hand-dialed, etc., no computer assistance. Think of the jobs that would be created.... Do it for the economy.
Not only that, they should have to be hand-dialed with a rotary phone.