DO NOT CALL Registry.

[TripleRLtd]

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Supreme Court Won't Hear Do Not Call Case

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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court turned away a challenge Monday to the federal do-not-call registry, ending telemarketers' bid to invoke free-speech arguments to get the popular ban on unwanted phone solicitations thrown out.


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The court, without comment, let stand a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (news - web sites) decision that upheld the registry of more than 57 million phone numbers as a reasonable government attempt to safeguard personal privacy and reduce telemarketing abuse.



Under the 2003 federal law, businesses face fines of up to $11,000 if they call people who sign up for the registry — unless they have recently done business with them. Charities, pollsters and callers on behalf of politicians, however, are exempt.



Telemarketing groups had filed the appeal, arguing in filings that the registry violated First Amendment rights because it singled businesses out while exempting other groups. They also said 2 million of their 6.5 million workers will lose their jobs within two years if the do-not-call rules stand.



A federal judge in Denver agreed with the telemarketers, but the circuit court upheld the registry in February 2004 after concluding there was no evidence suggesting that charitable or political callers were as intrusive to consumers' privacy.



The case is American Teleservices Association v. FTC, 03-1552.

My question? So when the hell will they actually stop bothering me???

[nunob]

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My question? So when the hell will they actually stop bothering me???

Even the supreme court wouldn't overturn something that 57 million people felt strongly about.

[confus-ed]

My question? So when the hell will they actually stop bothering me???

Try not paying your phone bill for a while .. works every time - the man with the big scissors comes & sorts it ALL out

[TripleRLtd]

Try not paying your phone bill for a while .. works every time - the man with the big scissors comes & sorts it ALL out

Teh BIG what???

[confus-ed]

Pointy things you use for cutting stuff, them that Cleetus shouldn't run about with !

[Radical Dreamer]

Back in the day when I used landlines, It worked wonders for me, never got a call after it went into effect, or maybe it just seemed that way. Now I only have a cell phone and never get a telemarketing call

[Camaro80z]

I am on both the federal ans Minnesota do not call list, and neither have reduced the calls.

[TripleRLtd]

Back in the day when I used landlines, It worked wonders for me, never got a call after it went into effect, or maybe it just seemed that way. Now I only have a cell phone and never get a telemarketing call

But that's the thing. This "Act" is a year old now. And it was fought against from the beginning. So: when the hell will it actually work for those who signed up?

[Cleetus]

I only use my cell, no calls for me

[TripleRLtd]

10 to 1 they get around to cell phones eventually.

[hudsonsmith]

NY's list went into effect several years before the federal list and was then merged into it. I've seen a significant dropoff. Perhaps you are getting caught in one of the loopholes: political organizations, charities, surveyors and companies with which you have an existing business relationship. You can override the last one if you make a specific request that they not call you. If you're still getting calls that don't fall into these categories, file a complaint

[gazzak]

Try not paying your phone bill for a while .. works every time - the man with the big scissors comes & sorts it ALL out

I once worked in a telephone exchange and 4 times a year I had to disconnect all the idiots that hadn't paid their bills. I can tell you now that I never had a big pair of scissors. I wish I did have, that would have been a blast!

(I then spent the next day reconnecting 99% of them)

[imaeditedbysowulo]

But that's the thing. This "Act" is a year old now. And it was fought against from the beginning. So: when the hell will it actually work for those who signed up?

The problem is that people think that just by signing up their work is done. What you have to do is when you get a call ask for the company name and address and document what time they called and the date.

I no longer have it, but somewhere on the registry website was a link you click on to report companies that call you even if you are on the list. If noone is reporting the companies of course they will continue calling people on the list. Everyone has to do their part and report these ****suckers and eventually the calls will stop cuz they will get tired of being fined.

I haven't gotten a call in several months.

[TripleRLtd]

I am aware that one should "nail" the feckers. But, since this ACT was passed, there have been challenges to it. Did any of those challenges lead to a delay in implementation? If so, does todays ruling make the act "law", or has it been law for the last year?

[imaeditedbysowulo]

I am aware that one should "nail" the feckers. But, since this ACT was passed, there have been challenges to it. Did any of those challenges lead to a delay in implementation? If so, does todays ruling make the act "law", or has it been law for the last year?

I don't believe there was ever a ruling that overturned it, so as far as I know it has been a "law" since it's original implementation. Just keep a log and report companies as they call you. Eventually we'll get to a point where it's safe to answer your own phone again. Course by then everyone will have turned off their home phone and have switched to cell phones only, but it's the point that matters.