A news blurb says they are receiving registrations at the rate of 180 per second.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/11/politics/main543573.shtml ====================================== Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 ====================================== If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 9:33 AM Subject: Re: National Do Not Call Registry Goes live today | I keep getting an automated call asking me to call an 800 number... like, | figure the odds, guys, but since its a machine I suppose it is cheap to | run... | | Dana | | | On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 09:10:36 -0500, Doug White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | > The PITA that is happening just this morning is telephone calls at 5:15 | > AM, 8:30 | > AM, and 9:05 AM which are from some kind of auto-dialer scanning for fax | > machines. They have their Caller-ID blocked. | > | > I normally would allow the calls to roll over to the answering machine, | > but I | > also am getting support calls, and clients on the same number. | > | > As for telemarketing calls, Our State (Texas) has had a "Do not call" | > registry | > for a couple of years, however, out of state boiler rooms never even | > check | > state-level DNC lists. There has been a Federal Statute on the books | > for | > awhile now (searching for a link) that is supposed to make the caller | > stop | > calling if you reply with "Please place this number on your Do Not Call | > list", | > but that has never seemed to work. I love that script though, and have | > printed | > it out and will try it on the next call. | > | > As for the link to the National DNC registry, it must really be busy, | > because I | > time out when trying to access it. | > | > ====================================== | > Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! | > For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com | > ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 | > ====================================== | > If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! | > | > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Graeme" | > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 8:55 AM | > Subject: RE: National Do Not Call Registry Goes live today | > | > | > | Now where can I sign up for a National Do Not Spam Registry? | > | | > | -Kevin | > | | > | > -----Original Message----- | > | > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 7:51 AM | > | > To: CF-Community | > | > Subject: National Do Not Call Registry Goes live today | > | > | > | > | > | > According to this article on CNN Money telemarketers can be | > | > fined by the govt for 11,000 per call and individually by | > | > households at 500 per call. | > | > | > | > I don't know whether it will work or not, but at this point I | > | > am ready to try anything. I do not want to receive sales | > | > calls at home. If I want something I will make a point of | > | > researching it out and buying it on my own. | > | > | > | > I registered, I get a lot of telemarketing calls for the | > | > people who had my phone number before me. The other day I | > | > told the telemarketer those people aren't at this number and | > | > she tried to sell me something, when I immediately told her I | > | > wasn't interested, her response was, "Don't you even want to | > | > know what I am selling?" My reply, "Nope". | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | > | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
