From: Steven M. Bellovin (no email)
Date: Wed Jul 02 2003 - 17:44:12 EDT
In message <000401c340e0$aab42310$>, "Stephen Sprun
k" writes:
>
>Thus spake "Tomas Daniska" <>
>> A: No. Placing your number on the National Do Not Call Registry will stop
>most, but not all, telemarketing calls. Some businesses are exempt from the
>national registry and still can call you even if you place your number on
>it. Exempt businesses include:
>>
>> long-distance phone companies
>> airlines
>> banks and credit unions; and
>> the business of insurance, to the extent that it is regulated by state
>law.
>> ... political organizations, charities, telephone surveyors or ...
>
>Nearly every call I get today is by companies on the 'exempt' list, go
>figure.
>
Oh, it might get worse -- here's the first paragraph of a Wall Street
Journal story:
NEW YORK -- With millions of people signing up to stop
receiving pesky sales calls, the nation's biggest marketers
are preparing a new round of potentially annoying advertising
pitches via e-mail and direct mail.
Oh, joy -- more spam instead of telemarketers.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)
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