[59502] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: National Do Not Call Registry has opened
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Wed Jul 2 17:44:49 2003
To: "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org>
Cc: "Tomas Daniska" <tomas@tronet.com>,
"North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 17:44:12 -0400
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
In message <000401c340e0$aab42310$19ee0b0a@force10networks.com>, "Stephen Sprun
k" writes:
>
>Thus spake "Tomas Daniska" <tomas@tronet.com>
>> A: No. Placing your number on the National Do Not Call Registry will stop
>most, but not all, telemarketing calls. Some businesses are exempt from the
>national registry and still can call you even if you place your number on
>it. Exempt businesses include:
>>
>> long-distance phone companies
>> airlines
>> banks and credit unions; and
>> the business of insurance, to the extent that it is regulated by state
>law.
>> ... political organizations, charities, telephone surveyors or ...
>
>Nearly every call I get today is by companies on the 'exempt' list, go
>figure.
>
Oh, it might get worse -- here's the first paragraph of a Wall Street
Journal story:
NEW YORK -- With millions of people signing up to stop
receiving pesky sales calls, the nation's biggest marketers
are preparing a new round of potentially annoying advertising
pitches via e-mail and direct mail.
Oh, joy -- more spam instead of telemarketers.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)
