Some thoughts. I found that one of the best solutions for dealing with unsolicited phone traffic is an answering machine with caller-id or a speaker. They rarely bother if the machine picks up first. If I hear a familiar voice say my name, I can pick-up or return the call. My caller-id shows that there are a LOT of 800 numbers calling during the day. You can often check them out with "800notes.com" and with "whocalled.us". I'm sure there are others. The "doing business" bit with the do not call registry is within the last 6 months, IIRC. You usually have to UNcheck the box that permits third party businesses from contacting you, phone or email. I now have Comcast digital voice and can block 12 numbers at a time. I keep an Excel sheet of numbers and dates they call. If one shows more than once or twice, it gets blocked. Groceries rotate their stock, I rotate 800 numbers on my blocked callers list.
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