"Do Not Call" telemarketing registry online

(for the USA folks of course)

[amznVibe]

Looks like they finally got the "Do Not Call" registry site going [donotcall.gov...]
It's very overloaded and running on a Microsoft server, so expect a bit of downtime I guess...
(you can also call 1-888-382-1222 after July 7th)

There appears to be additional information at [ftc.gov...] though you cannot register there...

[skipfactor]

Funny, I just saw this mentioned on CNN & had to go there just to see how the old .gov server would take the blow. Predictably, it failed. When I did get through, it errored on submission. Need to catch it on a late-nighter...

[homegirl]

FYI, the phone number above actually works (even though the site says it's not supposed to be in effect until July 7) and they say the registration is good for 5 years. Tried to get through to the web site multiple times and failed. Most important thing when you make the call is you need to make it from the phone number you're registering.

[Hawkgirl]

Worked for me, first try!

[skipfactor]

FYI, the phone number above actually works

Hmm, CNN said the phone# only works West of the Mississippi River. Do you ladies fall into this category?

I was able to register my numbers on the Website, didn't know this was the first day for it--not bad.

[Rugles]

I wish we would do that in Canada.
I hate telemarketing with a passion.

I do think the list should be opposite, meaning that if you would accept a telemarketing call you go on a list to accept calls.

[amznVibe]

Actually it looks like there are some exceptions to whom can call you despite being on the list... ironically enough, one of them is long distance services! (isn't that like 80% of the telemarketing calls most people get?!) Why on earth should there be exceptions for ANY kind of unsolicited sales calls... I think I smell some big-money lobbying...

In a follow up, if you haven't heard, yahoo accidentally blocked all the registration reply emails from the .gov site. So anyone who used yahoo you won't get a reply (maybe look in your bulk folder, I dunno)

[skipfactor]

Well the Website took my numbers, but I've yet to receive the confirmation e-mail so that I can verify them.

[vincevincevince]

if you would accept a telemarketing call you go on a list to accept calls

which would of course be changed to "have permission to call" as it went through the legal dilution process... and you'd get just the same thing as with "permission" based spam email - people selling / renting lists where the poor guy didn't see the box to opt out of the list for the company and 3rd party partners.

a vast amount of *legal* unwanted spam email comes from this "3rd party partners" clause - and this could be cut out immediately by legislating that the permission may only apply to the company to which it is directly granted and only for the advertising of services provided by that company.

[lawman]

I've yet to receive the confirmation e-mail so that I can verify them.

Took several hours before I got mine. Then the links weren't set up right -- had to copy and paste to get it to work.

lawman

[rcjordan]

Curveball:

The Federal Communications Commission today voted to extend the Federal Trade Commission's "do not call" list to cover all commercial marketers and said it will use the same Oct. 1 start date as the FTC.

The FCC said it would make its list applicable to in-state telemarketing calls as well as those made from out of state. The move came as a surprise, because the FCC had not indicated it would seek to cover in-state calls. The FTC has no authority over in-state marketing.

[adage.com...]

DMA squirms:

The Federal Trade Commission, which had predicted that 60 million phone numbers would be registered on its "do not call list" in the first year, has reported 10 million registered numbers in the list's first four days.

[adage.com...]

[hutcheson]

I'm not registering. I want them to call me. You can't give someone an ulcer from the comfort of the "do not call" zone.

But all the rest of you, go ahead. That's more pests for me to vivisect.