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    Telemarketers Weep As President Signs Do Not Call Improvement Act

    Never again will you have to worry about renewing your Do Not Call List registration thanks to Public Laws 110-187 and 110-188. Our newest laws provide a permanent stream of funding for the Do Not Call List and guarantee that registrations will never expire. Read the White House's ebullient press release, after jump. More »

    10:45 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
    By Carey
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    Latest by RedSonSuperDave: HappyCustomer, I'd like to point out that the CEO of the largest robocalling corporation in the US lives approximately six more »

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    FTC Vows Not To Expire Numbers From The Do Not Call List

    The FTC will vow in Congressional testimony today not to purge numbers on the Do Not Call List while Congress considers making registrations permanent. Do Not Call registrations currently last for five years, and are set to start expiring in April 2008 despite the list's broad popularity: 92% of Americans have heard of the list, 76% have added their number, and 92% claim to receive fewer calls marketing calls. Lydia Parnes, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, appearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection will hail the list for 'restoring the sanctity of the American dinner hour.'

    The FTC's promise, after the jump. More »

    9:24 AM on Tue Oct 23 2007
    By Carey
    1,942 views, 25 comments

    Latest by KJones: The "Do Not Call" list is an obscenity. The public should not have to tell businesses not to call, more »

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    Should Do Not Call List Registrations Last Forever?

    Powerful Members of Congress are backing measures that would prevent Do Not Call registrations from expiring. Though the list has proven wildly popular, covering 150 million numbers in a country of 300 million, the FTC currently expires listings after five years to ostensibly account for people who move or change their number. Proposals to make registrations permanent have already won over the editorial board of the Asheville Citizen-Times:
    The popularity of the list confirms that few people want to have their dinner or other personal time interrupted to deal with a telemarketer intent on selling something. The argument that people can just not answer the phone doesn't work for everyone. Those with loved ones overseas or with family members who need special care are usually unwilling to risk missing a call that might bring critical or time-sensitive information.
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    12:50 PM on Sun Oct 7 2007
    By Carey
    1,649 views, 29 comments

    Latest by Paranoid2007: I think it is more important to improve enforcement of the current Do-Not-Call list than it is to increase the more »

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