607-330-5666

Number has called me four times recently. Three times in one night. Called again on 4/22/09 and I answered. Took forever for them to connect to me when I said hello. Asked me about a form I filled out online about Dish Network. Then asked how many TV's I wanted to set up. I said I was already a customer and I had 4 tv's. He then said Oh and hung up on me. It did not seem right. He spoke very broken English and I thought it was weird that he hung up on me. Called the number back and it said that the international call I was trying to make was not available from that phone.

607-330-5666  keeps calling me repeatedly   i have report this to phone company, and since I'm on no call list, they have promised to take care of it for me

want them to quit calling.  I will call when i want something

stop calling

I wood like this number to stop calling, they spoke broken english,

getting calls from this # i have no contacs from thi area code

This phone number keeps calling me. I want it to stop calling.

calls several times a day.   When I answer they hang up.

Have been calling our number and hanging up. Many calls, not just one or two. What is the scam?

I am deeply irrated by this phone call from this number 607-330-5666. I am on do not call list, so please stop calling.I told disc network before that I am not interested and they keep on calling.

Eugene--

Add your name to the long list of DNC complaints for which the FTC is currently prosecuting them for:

FTC Charges Dish Network, Formerly Known as EchoStar, with Multiple Do Not Call Violations
Four State Attorneys General Join Commission’s Case Against Satellite TV Firm
The U.S. Department of Justice, at the Federal Trade Commission’s request, filed suit today in federal district court charging that satellite television provider Dish Network, directly and through its authorized dealers, called numerous consumers whose numbers are on the National Do Not Call Registry. The United States also charged Dish Network, previously known as EchoStar, with violating the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) by assisting and supporting its authorized dealers in telemarketing Dish Network services via “robocalls” that deliver prerecorded telemarketing messages when consumers answer their phones.

“Since the National Do Not Call Registry was launched, it has been enormously effective at protecting millions of Americans from unwanted telemarketing calls at home,” said Eileen Harrington, Acting Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “But because a few bad actors still don’t get it, we want to make it crystal clear. If you call consumers whose numbers are on the Do Not Call Registry, you’re breaking the law. If your authorized dealers call consumers whose numbers are on the Registry, you’re breaking the law. Either way, we will protect the privacy of American consumers and we will hold you accountable.”

The government seeks a permanent injunction against Dish Network that prohibits the satellite TV provider from violating the TSR (including its Do Not Call provisions and abandoned call restrictions), either directly or through its authorized dealers; requires Dish Network to monitor and enforce its authorized dealers’ compliance with the TSR; and prohibits Dish Network from assisting and facilitating violations. The government also seeks civil penalties for Dish’s violations.

The complaint announced against Dish Network today is being brought jointly with the
Attorneys General of California, Illinois, Ohio, and North Carolina as co-plaintiffs. In addition to the TSR violations alleged by the United States, the complaint includes allegations brought solely by the state Attorneys General. They include allegations that Dish Network violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and state law – either directly or indirectly as a result of third parties acting on its behalf – by calling numbers on the Do Not Call Registry and by placing telemarketing calls that deliver prerecorded messages to live consumers.

The FTC also announced today that, at its request, the Justice Department is filing complaints against two of Dish Network’s authorized dealers, accusing them of violating the TSR by calling consumers whose numbers are on the Registry. The principals of those authorized dealers are also named in those complaints. The three complaints announced today were filed against: 1) Dish Network, LLC, formerly known as EchoStar; 2) Vision Quest, LLC, and its principal Brian K. Cavett; and 3) New Edge Satellite, Inc., and its principal Derek LaVictor.

In connection with the same conduct alleged in the complaint filed today against Dish Network, at the FTC’s request, the Justice Department filed suit in the summer of 2008 against two other Dish Network authorized dealers and their principals: Planet Earth Satellite, Inc., d/b/a Teichert Marketing; and Star Satellite, LLC, d/b/a Tenaya Marketing. These authorized dealers settled the charges against them. The press release announcing those settlements can be found at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/07/dishtm.shtm. Combined, they paid total penalties of $95,000.

The Commission vote approving each of the three complaints announced today was 4-0. They were filed by the Justice Department on the FTC’s behalf on March 25, 2009. The complaint against Dish Network, LLC, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. The complaints against Vision Quest, LLC, and Brian K. Cavett, and against New Edge Satellite Inc. and Derek LaVictor, were both filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

NOTE: The Commission authorizes the filing of complaints when it has “reason to believe” that the law has been or is being violated, and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. The complaints are not a finding or ruling that the defendants actually have violated the law.

Copies of the complaints are available from the FTC’s Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the FTC’s Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. The Federal Trade Commission works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices and to provide information to help spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint in English or Spanish, visit the FTC’s online Complaint Assistant or call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357). The FTC enters complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to more than 1,500 civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad. The FTC’s Web site provides free information on a variety of consumer topics.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Mitchell J. Katz
Office of Public Affairs
202-326-2161

Charles S. Miller,
U.S. DOJ Office of Public Affairs
202-514-2008
STAFF CONTACT:
Russell Deitch,
FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection
202-326-2585

Gary Ivens,
FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection
202-326-2330

Allen W. Hile,
FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection
202-326-3122
(FTC File No. 052-3167; Civ. Nos. 3:09-cv-03073-JES-CHE (Dish Network); 09-cv-11100 (New Edge Satellite); and 09-cv-11102 (Vision Quest))
(EchoStar.final.wpd)

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/03/echostar.shtm

These folks have been calling us several times a day.  I called them and asked they quit calling. They said they would but that it would take 24 to 48 hours before the stop was initiated.  In the meantime, I have the call forwarded to my fax machine.  It looks like this number is generated in New York.  I wonder if we could drop by their office on our next trip to New York...if that is truly where they are.  If anyone has an address, please send it to us.  We would love to talk to these people face-to-face.

repeated calls from this number and 800srv #. No message is left by the caller, seems to me if they were legit there would be no reason not to leave an explaination of their purpose for calling on the answering machine. I don't need the hassle of hang ups...how rude!