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What's the use. E-Mail spammers continue to spam, even though there's a law against that.
Telemarketers call, either live or with automated dialers, even though there's a law (Do Not Call list) against that.
Does anyone really think this will make a difference? I doubt it. |
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openbox9
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kudos:2 | said by burgerwars:E-Mail spammers continue to spam, even though there's a law against that. The law only applies to US people/companies, so it was kind of a worthless law considering the origins of a lot of spam.said by burgerwars:Telemarketers call, either live or with automated dialers, even though there's a law (Do Not Call list) against that. Before I went cellphone-only, I noticed a significant drop in telemarketing calls after registering in the Do Not Call registry. The same thing with junk mailings when I registered in the DMA's registry.said by burgerwars:Does anyone really think this will make a difference? I doubt it. It won't eliminate the practice, but I do believe it will minimize it. |
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| To bad this doesn't apply to companies who only provide "Toll Free Call" as the name in Caller ID. I would consider that an attempt to deceive, otherwise they would say who they are. |
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 ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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| said by digitalfreak:To bad this doesn't apply to companies who only provide "Toll Free Call" as the name in Caller ID. I would consider that an attempt to deceive, otherwise they would say who they are. I noticed that Directv comes up as "800 Service".
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| said by ptrowski:said by digitalfreak:To bad this doesn't apply to companies who only provide "Toll Free Call" as the name in Caller ID. I would consider that an attempt to deceive, otherwise they would say who they are. I noticed that Directv comes up as "800 Service". That's one I've seen as well. Almost all of them are annoying as hell since they never leave a voice-mail and just continue to call until you answer and tell them to f' off. |
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the difference is now we get an additional tax/fee! Horray! |
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 sreamPremium
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Portage, MI | reply to digitalfreak
That has to do with cname. Unrelated to this. |
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said by burgerwars:E-Mail spammers continue to spam, even though there's a law against that. Telemarketers call, either live or with automated dialers, even though there's a law (Do Not Call list) against that. Does anyone really think this will make a difference? I doubt it. One must keep in mind what one registers for. Also the origins of the telemarketing calls. If you register a firearm, that immediately puts you on to calling lists for the NRA and Republican organizations, because of the assumed connection. Be VERY careful when placing your legitimate phone number on to any kind of registrations.
Political organizations are typically exempt from the do not call lists, they wrote loop holes in to the laws in the first place. |
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