[ale] OT: Do Not Call list

[Scott Castaline]

Let the answering machine take the call.;^)
On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 13:50 -0400, KingBahamut wrote:
> I wonder what people did in the olden days before Caller ID. 
> 
> 
> On 5/25/06, Steve Brown <braino420 at gmail.com > wrote:
>         Message: 6
>         Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 08:44:26 -0600
>         From: JK <jknapka at kneuro.net>
>         Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Do Not Call list
>         To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
>         Message-ID: <4475C2CA.7020703 at kneuro.net>
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>         
>         Geoffrey wrote:
>         
>         <snip>
>         >I'm wondering if the "quick, go register with the do not call
>         list RIGHT
>         >NOW!!!***!!!"
>         >hoax is really a roundabout way of *gaining* access to cell
>         numbers.
>         >
>         >Reasoning:
>         >
>         >The do-not-call website states that DNC registrations stay in
>         effect for
>         >five years; but what
>         >happens to them then?  Will the DNC registry publish a list
>         of numbers
>         >that *expired* from
>         >the registry without renewal? If so, then anyone who responds
>         to the
>         >hoax (as I admit
>         >I did) is giving the telemarketers their cell number, five
>         years from
>         >now, unless they
>         >remember to renew with the DNC registry.  And since we all
>         know that the
>         >hoax was a
>         >hoax, why would we bother to re-register? QED
>         >
>         >-- JK
>         
>         Yes, and after the 5 years you would simply call them again
>         and have your number put back on the list (it really did take
>         less than a minute). But aside from doing that, I'd be pretty
>         surprised to find out that someone has been able to keep their
>         number out of a telemarketer's hands. Telemarketers can be
>         fun, when you're not busy or anything; "Sure! Tell me all
>         about it!" *set down phone*. It's one of those things where
>         you don't feel bad, no matter what you do. But I do what most
>         of you guys do: don't answer any calls unless I know the
>         number. 
>         
>         
>         -Steve Brown
>         
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