Re:Clampdown on cold call companies unveiled by government
by lylebarrere on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @06:59AM
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The Do Not Call database in the US has never been effective because the type of company making these spammy calls doesn't care if they are breaking the law. There is no enforcement effort to track them down.
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Re:Clampdown on cold call companies unveiled by government
by eli on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @09:18AM
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It stopped the vast majority of cold calls from legitimate companies. So all that's left is people running scams who don't care about the law.
Re:Clampdown on cold call companies unveiled by government
by rayiner on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @08:32AM
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Do you remember what things were like before the Do Not Call database? We would get one or more marketing calls a day on our home phone (landline). These days, maybe once a month.
Re:Clampdown on cold call companies unveiled by government
by lylebarrere on Thursday February 26, 2015 @05:36AM
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I've been on it for years as well as the DNC database for caregivers of elderly patients with diminished capacity and I receive more than 5 calls per day.
Re:Clampdown on cold call companies unveiled by government
by SmellyGeekBoy on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @08:28AM
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It's exactly the same situation with the Telephone Preference Service in the UK in my experience. The only way I've managed to get these calls to stop is to get withheld numbers (ie callers with no or blocked Call ID) blocked at the phone company level - which usually incurs a monthly fee, of course...