[152811] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Thu May 17 08:56:26 2012
In-Reply-To: <CAJAdsDna02og7nnnMqE0bPjaa3N0UvY=Mh2Yf_TgaKVNHG=sgw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 08:55:02 -0400
From: Marshall Eubanks <marshall.eubanks@gmail.com>
To: PC <paul4004@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:46 AM, PC <paul4004@gmail.com> wrote:
> While there may be other grounds for telling them not to call you, the
> do not call list is not one of them as it does not apply to business
> to business solicitations.
>
> "The national Do-Not-Call list protects home voice or personal
> wireless phone numbers only. While you may be able to register a
> business number, your registration will not make telephone
> solicitations to that number unlawful."
> http://www.fcc.gov/guides/unwanted-telephone-marketing-calls
>
Also, (from http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/do-not-call-list )
The Do-Not-Call registry does not prevent all unwanted calls. It does
not cover the following:
calls from organizations with which you have established a
business relationship;
And, in this case, there is a previously established business relationship.
Regards
Marshall
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Darius Jahandarie
> <djahandarie@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Paul Stewart <paul@paulstewart.org> wrote:
>> > I liked Cogent when we had them years ago but due to routing instability
>> > (off the charts) and unplanned down time every single month we dropped
>> > them..... they call me every 3-6 months (different person each time) and I
>> > tell them to go away....
>>
>> You know, if you're in the U.S., on the No Call list, and you tell
>> them specifically not to call you again, they're doing something
>> illegal and can be fined up to $16,000 dollars for it. Though I hear
>> that the FTC doesn't actually enforce it too well. May want to try
>> waving the stick at them at least.
>>
>> --
>> Darius Jahandarie
>>
>
