"Celebrating" The Do Not Call's 10th Anniversary

I put my name on the DNC list here in Canada several years ago, and within a couple of days, I started to receive unwanted calls - where I had never received them before as my number was unlisted. To be honest, I think the worst thing I ever did was put my home number on the DNC registry. There is no way that there is not a connection as coincidences like this just don't happen on their own.

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I don't think that the FTC can handle such a complicated task, they have failed for the last 10 years.

I do think that by Presidential decree and/or mandate by both houses of Congress, that the task of putting a stop on  the robo-callers should fall within the scope of the NSA (National Security Administration).  They have already shown that they can monitor most of world's phone calls and internet e-mails of USA &  citizens of foreign and their governments officials. I have made this very same recommendation Congress Person - Brad Sherman, CA.  Also that no additional funding be granted, they need to pull their funding from existing budgets.

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I get two to four telemarketing calls a day despite being on the DNC list. It's gotten so bad that the wife and I don't even move to answer the phone until we know it is from someone we know. The rest go unanswered. If they persist my first line of defense is to block the number on my phone. Unfortunately it still rings once while it identifies the number and then rejects the call. If they keep on coming I go to my carrier and block them there so they never make it to my phone. For that reason I believe I probably am the target of more than the two to four calls that actually make it through.

In my opinion the only way to eliminate a majority of these calls is to allow the business who has hired the telemarketers to be subject to class action lawsuits. You will still get the scam calls and the "survey" calls plus political and charity calls but they are fewer in number.

You'd think that in a $3.8 TRILLION budget they could do "sumthin'".

Yep another government program they like to talk proud about but it's just another feel good farce. Once again criminals and bad guys don't give a damn about this joke of a piece of useless legislation.

There is nothing to celebrate!!! The DNC law is not enforced. Very little is done about robocalls.

"Celebration"  ANOTHER GOVERNMENT JOKE!

FYI: WARNING DNC also gives out numbers from their list. I had a friend that worked in refinance that was given numbers to call, because our government thought the program was so important and everyone should hear about it. Pathetic. It made me really sad that few in the our government have any integrity any more.  Many say one thing one day, and the next something else. Please vote for folks that have a history of keeping their word.

Here's something I do on my cell. If I see a number I don't recognize, I come here and check it out. I have, in the 2 years or so that I have come here, never once found a number that wasn't a scammer. I go back to my phone where I have created a contact called "scam", I enter it the new number under that contact. When the call comes again, it shows "scam" as the caller id - but the phone still rings. So, I decided to assign the contact with a ringtone - a 10 second silent mp3. So now when an established scammer calls, I am not bothered and don't even know unless I feel/hear the phone vibrating. It is awesome. When "scam" gets full (quickly), I create "scam2" and so on, using the same steps and empty mp3. Give it a shot - it's awesome. I only wish I could do that same at home. We would ditch the home phone altogether, but aren't ready to have all of our accounts ringing on our cells... Someday...

It would be pretty easy to program a phone to allow robocalls from only a few numbers.

BTW, I like to get appointment reminders. Most of the time most people go to a doctor, it's not for an emergency but for a checkup or a minor or chronic condition. The local (that is, municipal) police and/or the town manager (a town is like a city in my state and there is no county government) sometimes call about when roads will be temporarily blocked and other useful info, but usually it's from the condo property manager.

These are trusted sources. I gave them permission to call me. So far as the police, look up "reverse 911." It's a service a lot of people have been asking for.

BTW, I always let the answering machine pick them up, because if they are not scams I want to save a copy.

That machine has come out.  It's called Digitone.  Search the web. Been using it for over a year now and it has solved 95% of the robocalls.  The best part is it's 100 % legit. Before you're quick to criticize or believe in the negative attacks against my post (and there will be) , consider this:  1) The critiquer has not bothered to read through the WHOLE Digitone set-up sheet (available as a free PDF from the site) to find out how it works and how effective it truly is, or, 2) They or one of their family members is a telemarketer.  For myself, it is the best $100 I have ever spent on an electronic device, and no, I, nor any of my relatives are affiliated or employed by Digitone.  Google offers free similar software, I know, but there are limitations to their service.  Run all calls through a VOIP on your computer? Hmmmm...Yeah, that's fine if you:want to leave your computer on 24/7, your cable is the type that never goes out, and you have a computer that never goes down from a virus....(wasn't it you that was at Best Buy Geek Squad services yesterday?)    I believe in praising any company that offers such a great solution to such an annoying problem.  (Actually it's better if you don't buy one.  The less telemarketing companies know about this device the better off I am).

I dont like the DNC list I have had in the past my home phone, my mom's cell phone my cellphone all on this list. Problem is once on this list the telemarkers and other scammers see the number and auto call it. And repeat at all hours of the day afternoon and very early morning. I am very much disgusted at the dnc listing because it was the biggest "good intention" flop ever.

Love the silent ringtone I should attempt that, sounds like a good deal.

Here's a solution for Android cell phones: On my HTC Android phone, I set up a contact called "Do Not Answer", you can call it whatever you want. Then I set the option "Block Caller" and save. I have over a dozen of these on my phone and each one can store 14 numbers. Each time I hang up on a solicitor, I save the number to this contact. Call it Home, Pager, Fax or whatever is not used yet. Save it and the next time that number calls, the call goes straight to voice mail. They usually don't leave a message.

One other thing I do after the solicitor asks for " the person that handles our....", I tell the to hold for a moment and set the phone down. 30 seconds later I tell them the person is coming. This makes them stay on the phone for at least 1 minute. During that minute, they can not be calling several other people. If everyone will do this, it would waste tons of their time and spare others from the pain.

The DNC registry is a FARCE!

THEY TRY 2 KEEP U ON THE LINE - GREAT STUFF -  HOLD ON PLEASE - THANK U

  THEN THEY START WITH THE B S***

CHECK YOUR BILL , ITS GOING 2 COST U

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