No different than non-internet.
Your name and phone number are already in databases, and not from
buying domain names.
This is a reality. People get upset here because the services offered
are competing with theirs. I understand that.
But it isn't and won't ever be considered illegal.
There is nothing ICANN or anyone else can do to prevent someone from
telemarketing to you or your customers.
Friday, March 23, 2001, 4:38:10 PM, Swerve wrote:
> Perhaps it's not illegal and perhaps it should be.
> For me it feels like SPAM, and it's annoying as expired milk.
> Opt in choices for domain owners is an excellent policy to establish to
> prevent this situation from spreading like a bad virus.
> I bought a domain name. I didn't buy it to be part of a CD rom that is sold
> for commercial purposes so people could solicit me.
> Picture 100's or 1000's of Isp's phoning you/faxing you on a weekly basis
> because they bought a list. Watch those lists get bootlegged and spread
> like wild fire.
> Opt in. Opt in. Yes. mmm....
> Swerve
>> From: "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Reply-To: "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 16:06:43 -0800
>> To: "Mike K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: Verio Spamming via Phone/Voicemail??
>>
>> Hello Mike,
>>
>> Telemarketing is not illegal. Nor is is spam.
>>
>> So what exactly are you asking here?
>>
>> Friday, March 23, 2001, 3:05:28 PM, Mike K wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>
>>> My cousin let me hear a voicemail he received this morning. He registered a
>>> domain through me about three weeks ago.
>>
>>> The voicemail goes like this: "Hi my name is Scott Story. I've been assigned
>>> to you as your domain consultant for <domain>. Please give me a call at
>>> 877-273-3190, press 9, then my 4 digit
>>> extention is 4392."
>>
>>> So, I called the number on his behalf and I reached Mr Story's voicemail.
>>> "Hi this is Scott Story with Verio web hosting. I'm not in but please leave
>>> a message and your domain name and I'll get
>>> back to you."
>>
>>> What the hell is a domain consultant? Is what they are doing allowed?
>>
>>> -Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>
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Best regards,
William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
