[BC] avoiding the marketers

[Robert Orban]

I am on the do-not-call list. Almost every time I 
ask telemarketers what company they are representing, they hang up immediately.

At 08:41 AM 5/10/2008, you wrote:

> >>Because of (mostly) VoIP, and other low cost long distance and
> >>International dialing options, I am getting a LOT more telemarketing
> >>calls from Mexico and the Caribbean.  I got rude with one, and he
> >>said, "we are not covered by your stupid American laws."
> >
>
>Though I don't see mention of callers outside the US in the FCC rule
>(47CFR64.1200 http://sujan.hallikainen.org/FCC/FccRules/2008/64/1200/),
>the US Code does mention people outside the US. 47USC227(b)
>(http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode47/usc_sec_47_00000227----000-.html) 
>says "It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States, or
>any person outside the United States if the recipient is within the United
>States— ... ".
>
>Like spammers sending from other countries, foreign telemarketers are
>often selling on behalf of US companies who, I think, may be liable for
>the violation.
>
>FCC website documents citing 64.1200 are available at
>http://www.hallikainen.org/FCC/FccRules/CiteFind/0641200.htm .
>
>Harold
>
>
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