Permanent Do Not Call List En Route to Bush

Sat Feb 9, 2008 11:34PM EST

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Good news for all harried users of those things called telephones: Both the House and the Senate have now passed an extension to the National Do Not Call registry, which has been officially modified to make listings permanent. Just list your phone number once in the DNC and you'll be registered as long as that number is yours.

Assuming, of course, that Bush signs it into law. There's no reason to expect that he won't.

Under the new rules, you'll only need to re-register if you change phone numbers. Under the current rules, DNC registrations expire after five years. The first wave of expirations is set to occur on June of this year, five years since DNC first went into effect and millions of consumers signed up.

If you still aren't registered, now's the time to do so. Visit donotcall.gov and follow the instructions there.

It may take up to 72 hours to receive a confirmation email from the DNC, after which telemarketers (sans pollsters, charities, political campaigners, and hordes of other exempted people) have 31 days to remove you from their calling lists.

LINK: Do Not Call Registry extension fast-tracked to the President 

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  • 6 Posted by sharonkvance on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:17PM EDT Report Abuse

    It would be nice to refresh everyones memory to what the phone number is to call and be put on the list. Our local news put up a number, and it was the wrong one.

  • 7 Posted by wakistler01 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:39PM EDT Report Abuse

    That's great. Now how do you stop the RECORDED messages?

  • 8 Posted by ka7aok831 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:46PM EDT Report Abuse

    Great news. Now we need a "Do Not Email" law.

  • 9 Posted by uwnaknohim2@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:30PM EDT Report Abuse

    Yes--but you need to understand that there are so many loopholes to this thing--for instance fundraising companies (usually non-profits) can still contact you. Plus, any company that you have had dealings with in the past can contact you. Political parties can contact you. So if you are getting calls from any of these don't immediately assume they are breaking the law. In truth, the government shouldn't just be making this a permanant thing, they should ALSO be taking out all the loopholes that telemarketers still use.

  • 10 Posted by zero21764 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 11:00PM EDT Report Abuse

    I like pullen phone prank on themm but they are annoying

  • 11 Posted by bubbawisdom on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:15PM EDT Report Abuse

    Now, how do you get off of the postal contribution list? I ask this due to the fact my mother knows she can give to the local dog pound and her name will not be sold. The problem is she has given money to few national collection agencies and all of the sudden every collection agency wants money. I write collection agency due to the fact this scum sends this letter wtih IMPORTANT, NOTICE, LAST NOTICE, etc. exspecting money. How does she get off of that type of colletion list?

  • 12 Posted by dougandsarah@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:47PM EDT Report Abuse

    Isn't it about time? Everytime an unsolicited credit card offer comes to your mailbox it's a hit against your credit rating. Hope you know that, because it will cost you when you go to apply for credit for something youreally want or need. That means things such as a house or auto.

  • 13 Posted by hoppereldridge@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:20PM EDT Report Abuse

    Ok, now that phone calls and credit card senders are taken care of, let's push for the spammers! I kinda have a feeling that ATT some of our more popular browsers, our addresses are being sold. You can almost here their yahoos at the money being made ATT our expenses. Some people I know are using "throw away" addresses when browsing and their spam has still significantly increased with their real addresses. Mine jump hugely, too.

  • 14 Posted by gramps1300 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:12PM EDT Report Abuse

    I think it's pathetic that we have to "opt out" of these intrusive practices. Being REQUIRED to "opt in" would solve the problem more effectivly.

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