For many of these sales orgs "remove me from your list" just means "flag my entry so that they'll endeavor to find the flimsiest excuse to call you again." DataDog's justification for "call me again after I told them to never call me again" was that an employee had made the mistake of giving them his information at a conference and was interested in using them for a personal project. So that justified them contacting me even after I told them to remove me from their list.
I used to get daily calls from them and I'd tell them that we already had another monitoring solution and that they'll need to send me written material to present to my team if we were going to switch. They would always say sure, never do it and then call me again the next day.
For a double-digit number of months.
It's absurd and I'm glad at least something is starting to be done.
Also, it's not clear if small claims would have jurisdiction with companies that aren't in the same state.
Additionally, winning in small claims only gives you the right to chase after the award (the court is not going to collect on your behalf) -- so you still have to go to the time, hassle, and expense of trying to collect.
https://www.nbc12.com/2019/12/05/consumers-winning-financial... (robocall specific)
https://www.mahanyertl.com/2018/robocalls-can-sue-telemarket... (conduct your business over mobile)
Specific to business lines, where harassment remains a legal recourse:
https://pocketsense.com/stop-telemarketers-calling-business-...
https://paysimple.com/blog/small-business-tips-for-dealing-w...
https://www.infoworld.com/article/2626467/how-to-sue-telemar...
More to the point, establishing yourself as a litigious asshole may change the counterparty's marketing calculus. Which is the principle point.
Its a regulatory thing, bump the FTC (and in this case ARIN) so they can take action.
Make them jump through a bazillion hoops. Their will bring their managers and directors involved. Make those waste their time as well. Have them write proposals. Get their bosses involved. Have their bosses waste their time. Eventually it would get to an SVP/EVP level of sales which will permanently fix the issue.
I would hope most network administrators would know enough about their job to not fall for car-salesman kind ridiculous methods.
my phone: ringing off the hook for the past three days. WHY.
CEO: "hey we need better internet access at the new office, I setup a call with Cogent, let me know how it goes"
my phone: answered to find its cogent blowing me up
Cogent: car-salesman methods
me: I quit
Cogent every two months since then: "hey I heard you left your job, any need for business internet access?"
They definitely keep you active, they probably successfully establish contact every 2-3 years, as I’m aggressive about not answering calls from numbers I don’t know.