On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote:
Marshall Eubanks <marshall.eubanks@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:46 AM, PC <paul4004@gmail.com> wrote:
While there may be other grounds for telling them not to call you, the do not call list is not one of them as it does not apply to business to business solicitations.
"The national Do-Not-Call list protects home voice or personal wireless phone numbers only. While you may be able to register a business number, your registration will not make telephone solicitations to that number unlawful." http://www.fcc.gov/guides/unwanted-telephone-marketing-calls
Also, (from http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/do-not-call-list )
The Do-Not-Call registry does not prevent all unwanted calls. It does not cover the following:
calls from organizations with which you have established a business relationship;
And, in this case, there is a previously established business relationship.
a) The "previously established business relationship" exemption expires 6 months after the 'business relationship' ends. (This is in the 'fine print' of the actual rules0 As the relationship in question ended several years ago, according to the prior poster, this exemption would not apply.
b) Nothing in the Do-not-call rules applies to calls to business numbers. Callers to business numbers are not even required to respect a 'put me on your "do-not-call" list', or 'do not call me again' request under the DNC rules.
So the moral of the story is to make sure you always make your Cogent calls from your home phone? :-) -- Darius Jahandarie