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stephen5688

May 12, 2005, 6:11 PM
I heard that congress is going to pass a law that will let phone solicitors to call you on your cell phone. I find this very hard to believe, since unlike a land line it will use some of your minutes and there for cost you money for these call that you did not want anyway. If this is true I will give up my cell phone. How does everybody else feel about this
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TinyJ316

May 12, 2005, 6:27 PM
i haven't heard anything about this, however, i would assume that they would have to abide by the DO NOT CALL list as well...
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TinyJ316

May 12, 2005, 6:29 PM
you can register for the national do not call registry, both mobile and landline at http://www.donotcall.gov
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crashnbrn3

May 12, 2005, 6:41 PM
Well you can always do like I do and if you don't know the number don't answer it..
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cingularbentmeover

May 12, 2005, 7:11 PM
Having been a telemarketer for 5 years before comming into care I can tell you from personal experiance that to most telemarketers t hat it doesnt matter if it a land line a cell phone or whatever they are going to call. Most of the telemarketers buy phone lists and use them they are gotten from alot of sources. They ARE scrubbed against the national do not call list more for the fines they face than nething else. Then if the number is not on the list to them it is free game. Law or not telemarketers will call cell phones. About half of the calls I made when I was selling what I sold was to cell phones. I really perfered them as I had you trapped where ever you were. So it doesnt matter what congress says cell phones all ready are targeted b...
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KSWind

May 12, 2005, 10:29 PM
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DO ... »

It is a .doc file which should open just fine in Windows Wordpad. But for those that can't open it up due to OS or computer restrictions at work here is a cut n paste of the contents.

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For Immediate Release: News Media Contact:
April 15, 2005 Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511
e-mail: [email protected]

THE TRUTH ABOUT CELL PHONES
AND THE NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY

If you’ve received an e-mail telling you that your cell phone ...
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