political and charitable orgs are exempt. also if you have an existing relationship with a company, they have 18 months before you fall from their list. -----Original Message----- From: Richard Welty [mailto:rwelty@averillpark.net] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:12 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re[2]: National Do Not Call Registry has opened On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 17:03:08 +0100 Roland Perry <roland@linx.net> wrote:

In message <A44DA7EDD8262343B02C64AF7E063A07A55349@kenya.ba.tronet.sk>, Tomas Daniska <tomas@tronet.com> writes

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A: No. Placing your number on the National Do Not Call Registry will stop most, but not all, telemarketing calls. Some businesses are exempt from the national registry and still can call you even if you place your number on it. Exempt businesses include:

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long-distance phone companies airlines banks and credit unions; and the business of insurance, to the extent that it is regulated by state law.

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this is looking kind of off topic, but... most of those extemptions existed because the industries in question were being regulated by a different commission. said commission had the authority to buy into the do not call list. they have done so, and so the extemptions have mostly gone away. i think politicians can still pester you for money at dinner time, though. richard -- Richard Welty rwelty@averillpark.net Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592 Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security