http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,56909,00.html
A couple of interesting points here: "The registry will likely cost about $16 million in its first year and would be paid for with fees collected from telemarketers, officials said." Err - 16 million dollars? Let's see. One form to collect the form #. One syndication page so the bastards... sorry, the telemarketer can download the list. I'll be happy to do this web app for 1 million. "Louis Mastria, a spokesman for the Direct Marketing Association, which represents telemarketers, said the new rules are unlawful and the group is considering challenging the FTC in court. He said the do-not-call list endangers the jobs of some of the industry's 4 million workers, many of them single parents and students." So, let me see if I understand this. I'm supposed to feel mercy on an industry I despise? Or let's take another focus - if someone goes through the trouble of saying they don't want telemarketer calls, then WTF do they still want to be able to call them? The lobby made the same argument in Virginia. I swear, if this kind of thinking was around when the Model T was around, we'd still have horse drawn carriages with subsidies for the people who build them. -rc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
