Re: [asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel

2008-08-21 Thread Alex Balashov
I would be curious to know where, in this classification, fall various telemarketing schemes that are technically not cold-calls, but are generated from leads that come from customer-provided information, but where the customer does not know explicitly that they are signing up to receive

Re: [asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel

2008-08-21 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 02:15:58AM -0400, Alex Balashov wrote: I would be curious to know where, in this classification, fall various telemarketing schemes that are technically not cold-calls, but are generated from leads that come from customer-provided information, but where the customer

Re: [asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel

2008-08-21 Thread Anthony Francis
Jay R. Ashworth wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 02:15:58AM -0400, Alex Balashov wrote: I would be curious to know where, in this classification, fall various telemarketing schemes that are technically not cold-calls, but are generated from leads that come from customer-provided

Re: [asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel

2008-08-21 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 09:44:50AM -0600, Anthony Francis wrote: Jay R. Ashworth wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 02:15:58AM -0400, Alex Balashov wrote: I would be curious to know where, in this classification, fall various telemarketing schemes that are technically not cold-calls, but are

Re: [asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel

2008-08-21 Thread Alex Balashov
Anthony Francis wrote: Actually in the US all you have to do is provide some proof of a business relationship with them. Companes get away with calling you if you have ever bought even one item from them. So, what if you never bought anything, but ended up as a lead in their system through

Re: [asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel

2008-08-21 Thread Mark Adams
, August 21, 2008 12:23 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel Anthony Francis wrote: Actually in the US all you have to do is provide some proof of a business relationship with them. Companes get away

Re: [asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel

2008-08-20 Thread Steve Totaro
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/2229245from=rss Any comments? Cheers, Dean I hate those calls and have been getting them more and more. It sounds like there will be no enforcement until early next

Re: [asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel

2008-08-20 Thread Fred Posner
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/19/2229245from=rss Any comments? Cheers, Dean I hate those calls and have been getting them more and more. It sounds like there will be no enforcement until early next year, but good riddance. The worst one is a company that sells extended

Re: [asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel

2008-08-20 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 09:38:48AM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: The worst one is a company that sells extended vehicle warranties. I get them on my cell phone and all of my toll frees. If I wait to get someone on the phone to ask to be removed, they immediately hangup, not saying a word. With

Re: [asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel

2008-08-20 Thread Michael Collins
Gives us legitimate telemarketers a bad damn name. :-) Isn't legitimate telemarketers an oxymoron? -MC ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now:

Re: [asterisk-users] FTC Bans Prerecorded Telemarketing Drivel

2008-08-20 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 03:32:02PM -0700, Michael Collins wrote: Gives us legitimate telemarketers a bad damn name. :-) Isn't legitimate telemarketers an oxymoron? I don't think so, no. We do B-to-B only, and the FTC apparently thinks that's sufficiently less intrusive that the TSR's