> On Tuesday, August 20, 2002, at 02:30 , chris wrote:
> It is not currently against the law ANYWHERE in the US (that I
> am aware of, but these laws change quick, so I could be wrong),
> to telephone someone unsolicited. Phone numbers, to put it in
> spam analogy, are all considered opt-OUT. Until you tell them
> they can't call you, they can.
Chris,
I'd say you are about half right. Here in California the magic words when
one receives an unsolicited commercial phone call are:
"Please put me on your 'Do Not Call List.'"
The telephone solicitor's tone and manner immediately changes as if to
signal that the caller knows things have changed and wants you to be aware
of it -- the person is very respectful and business-like with a response
to the effect, "Yes we will, good day."
This applies to UNSOLICITED calls and thus if you pledged 10 years ago to
your PBS station, it doesn't apply though I suspect they might follow the
guide lines anyway, just for their own efficiency of operation.
I suspect, but do not know, that this somehow applies to rented phone
number lists. Perhaps a part of the rental agreement is that the renter
must not only place the number on the "Do Not Call List" but must also
report that to the list owner so the name/number can be removed from the
master list. Beware -- the preceding portion of this paragraph is
somewhere between an informed deduction and a WAG.
So, is this opt-out? Yes, technically I suppose it is but functionally it
is very effective.
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