OT: Cellphone Telemarketing

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For all of you living in countries with sane administrations (i.e. not
the USA) and good things like caller pays cell phone plans, please
ignore.

I have received some e-mail from a few sources informing me that our
beloved FCC is getting ready to allow telemarketing calls to cell
phones. Perhaps this is just a hoax someone started. Right?

After all, the FCC can't be THAT stupid.

Then again, they did try that broadcast flag nonsense.

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On Tue, 10 May 2005 19:56:14 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
<Paul@Hovnanian.com> wrote:

For all of you living in countries with sane administrations (i.e. not
the USA) and good things like caller pays cell phone plans, please
ignore.

I have received some e-mail from a few sources informing me that our
beloved FCC is getting ready to allow telemarketing calls to cell
phones. Perhaps this is just a hoax someone started. Right?
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What are your sources' sources? Perhaps this addresses your
concerns:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
After all, the FCC can't be THAT stupid.

Then again, they did try that broadcast flag nonsense.
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It's not about not being stupid (I believe such organizations
intrinsically have no intelligence), it's about seeing if a trial
balloon gets shot down.

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Ben Bradley wrote:
On Tue, 10 May 2005 19:56:14 -0700, "Paul Hovnanian P.E."
Paul@Hovnanian.com> wrote:

For all of you living in countries with sane administrations (i.e. not
the USA) and good things like caller pays cell phone plans, please
ignore.

I have received some e-mail from a few sources informing me that our
beloved FCC is getting ready to allow telemarketing calls to cell
phones. Perhaps this is just a hoax someone started. Right?

What are your sources' sources? Perhaps this addresses your
concerns:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp
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There is some other stuff (in Google News) about this being a hoax. But
then again, it may have some basis in fact. There are several attempts
to put together cell phone directories, or phone directories that don't
differentiate between land line and cell phone numbers (some people
don't have land lines and want to be listed).

After all, the FCC can't be THAT stupid.

Then again, they did try that broadcast flag nonsense.

It's not about not being stupid (I believe such organizations
intrinsically have no intelligence), it's about seeing if a trial
balloon gets shot down.
Click to expand...
That's another possibility. Apparantly, the 'Do Not Call' database has
been swamped recently due to this rumor. You think they are getting the
message?

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"Paul Hovnanian P.E." <Paul@Hovnanian.com> wrote in
news:4281744E.8E81DEA9@Hovnanian.com:

For all of you living in countries with sane administrations (i.e. not
the USA) and good things like caller pays cell phone plans, please
ignore.

I have received some e-mail from a few sources informing me that our
beloved FCC is getting ready to allow telemarketing calls to cell
phones. Perhaps this is just a hoax someone started. Right?

After all, the FCC can't be THAT stupid.

Then again, they did try that broadcast flag nonsense.
Click to expand...
They just recently added cellphones to the do-not-call registration list.
Did you put your CP numbers on it? I did.

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"Paul Hovnanian P.E." <Paul@Hovnanian.com> wrote in
news:42818566.BCEAFE8A@Hovnanian.com:



That's another possibility. Apparantly, the 'Do Not Call' database has
been swamped recently due to this rumor. You think they are getting the
message?

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http://mindspring.com/~benbradley
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I suggested that they make an "OK-to-call" list instead of a "do-not-call"
list,it would be FAR shorter and easier to maintain.
One would have to register in order to -receive- telemarking calls.B-)


All others would be verboten.
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Jim Yanik wrote:
"Paul Hovnanian P.E." <Paul@Hovnanian.com> wrote in
news:4281744E.8E81DEA9@Hovnanian.com:

For all of you living in countries with sane administrations (i.e. not
the USA) and good things like caller pays cell phone plans, please
ignore.

I have received some e-mail from a few sources informing me that our
beloved FCC is getting ready to allow telemarketing calls to cell
phones. Perhaps this is just a hoax someone started. Right?

After all, the FCC can't be THAT stupid.

Then again, they did try that broadcast flag nonsense.


They just recently added cellphones to the do-not-call registration list.
Did you put your CP numbers on it? I did.
Click to expand...
Yes. Even if the current rumor is a hoax, I think its better to be safe
than sorry.

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