Californians Can Register For Do-Not-Call List 16
linuxwrangler writes "In preparation for the national do not call registry, California's Attorney General has established a pre-registration site for California residents. Based on how slow the site already is, this is going to be one popular program. The AG's announcement also mentions that they have shut down some scam sites offering do-not-call registration so caveat emptor. Are any other states offering similar services?"
phone phreaks (Score:1)
Mod story up (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Mod story up (Score:2)
Loopholes (Score:2)
It looks like I'll still have to pay the fee to my phone company to block all the telemarketers. (It costs me something like $7 per month, which sucks, but at least I don't get any more calls.)
Re:Loopholes (Score:2)
Given California's current financial status... (Score:4, Funny)
Post them here (Score:3, Funny)
At last... no more spam.
Pennsylvania (Score:1)
a step, anyways... (Score:1)
Personally, I eliminated all telemarketer calls in one day. Got rid of my land line (cell phone only). Not one single telemarketer in over 6 months.
Massachusetts (Score:3, Informative)
https://www.madonotcall.govconnect.com/ [govconnect.com]
Supposed to start on July 1, 2003
Indiana has one that works (Score:2, Interesting)
Unfortunately, I remember some discussion when the U.S. do-not-call legislation was first proposed stating that Indiana's was more restrictive as to exceptions (basically, charities within 50 miles using unpaid volunteers, newspapers, political campaigns and something else).
My understanding is that the U.S. legislation may be able to trump the state based on the non-restriction of inte
The fine print... (Score:1)
Colorado too (Score:1)
But wait, we have this, sort of... (Score:2)
I rarely get telemarketing calls on my landline, and when I do they're normally from the bloody L.A. Times. If our landline rings twice a month it's a lot. It exists primarily as the catalyst for DSL.