Posted: 8/27/2004 12:27:21 PM EDT
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When the Fed DNC list was announced, I naturally disregarded it as a governmental boondoggle. There's no way in hell they could get something like that to work. So I put off signing up for a long time. Then a few months ago the number of telemarketing calls I was receiving rose dramatically. Two or three an hour was the norm. I quickly searched out the online sign-up form and dotted my i's and crossed my t's. Now, some 5 months later, it is rare that we get a call. Very rare in fact. Looks like the screwups at .gov central can maybe do something right. Who woulda thunk it? |
Most don't care about this inequity/pandering as long as the number of calls is cut down. However, I can see why businesses feel unfairly targeted. For the record, I am on the list. |
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Sprint Privacy Block... kicks ass. The do not call list + privacy block means NO unsolicited calls. I haven't had one in over a year now. Most call centers or automated dialers don't give the operators any function to manually deliver the dialtone numbers needed to get past the call block. |
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Somehow a new travel company got hold of my cell phone and has called it almost every day for two weeks. I told them twice to stop and to take my number off the list. I rec'd three more calls after that. On the last one I told them that the FCC would be interested if I notified them. That got their attention and the calls stopped. By the way, my home phone is on the list. |
actually it's a good thing, i work for a medical company and they are calling people to make sure they are getting check ups, and we get medicare money, and people get taken care of. |
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I signed up for the Colo. state run DNC list when it became available. I think those numbers were automatically added to the US.gov list. Silence is bliss. I was visiting a coworker who broke her leg the other day. She hadn't heard of the DNC list and had gotten 3 calls in the hour I was visiting her. And the ding-dong would talk with them, then have a hard time telling them no! Sheesh, some women. In the old days I would just say "I'm not interested. Have a nice day/evening." And then hang up. Sometimes you would even hear them pitching as the phone went down. 
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