[152814] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Darius Jahandarie)
Thu May 17 11:14:03 2012
In-Reply-To: <201205171510.q4HFA5nh022835@mail.r-bonomi.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 11:13:02 -0400
From: Darius Jahandarie <djahandarie@gmail.com>
To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Robert Bonomi
<bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote:
>
> Marshall Eubanks <marshall.eubanks@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0calls from organizations with which you have establi=
shed a
>> business relationship;
>>
>> And, in this case, there is a previously established =C2=A0business rela=
tionship.
>
> a) The "previously established business relationship" exemption expires 6
> =C2=A0 months after the 'business relationship' ends. (This is in the 'fi=
ne
> =C2=A0 print' of the actual rules0 =C2=A0As the relationship in question =
ended
> =C2=A0 several years ago, according to the prior poster, this exemption w=
ould
> =C2=A0 not apply.
>
> b) Nothing in the Do-not-call rules applies to calls to business numbers.
> =C2=A0 Callers to business numbers are not even required to respect a 'pu=
t me
> =C2=A0 on your "do-not-call" list', or 'do not call me again' request und=
er
> =C2=A0 the DNC rules.
So the moral of the story is to make sure you always make your Cogent
calls from your home phone? :-)
--=20
Darius Jahandarie
