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Default OT Again (Sorry!) The Do Not Call List

jmcquown wrote:
>Cheri wrote:
>> I got a call today from a security company and since I know I'm listed
>> as a contact for my best friend, I answered. They said...don't hang up,
>> this is not a telemarketing call, and then they proceeded to tell me
>> that someone had given my name to them and they wanted to sell me a home
>> security, which is a telemarketing call. Lots of cheek, and I did hang up.

>
>The Do Not Call list doesn't stop the automatic
>dialers.
>
>Jill


It certainly does... that's primarilly what the Registry is meant to
do... auto dialers are the easiest to stop. The registry is designed
to stop commercial callers, not so easy to stop a private person from
calling you.