Bell to administer telemarketer do-not-call list

Article

You're going to have a private corperation like the Phone company administer this list ? Wow..like... how amazingly stupid !


The CRTC has picked Bell Canada to operate the National Do Not Call List, giving the company a five-year mandate to block calls from telemarketers for customers who request the service.

Bell will be responsible for registering numbers, providing telemarketers with up-to-date versions of the list and receiving customer complaints about telemarketing calls. The CRTC said it has not yet been decided how those complaints will be resolved, but that should be determined early in the new year.


Wow..you're going to give away lists of valid phone numbers to telemarketers ? Cheap ?


Certain organizations are exempt from the list. They include charities, political parties, opinion-polling firms, newspapers and organizations that have an existing relationship with the customer.


Wow... like .. every charity organization in the world is going to get YOUR NUMBER if you subscribe to this list ... wow. And existing relationships...umm...you have a phone right ? It's through Bell , the only provider in canada right ? I guess Bell gets to harrass you too ! . And of course their subsiduaries and affiliates. An nifty catch phrase that I have recently learned means "everyone and the dog who cares to pay them a little bit of money "...

Why are newspapers allowed to spam you ?

Yeah , we run a great newspaper ? It's called Debters Not So Anonymous , we're wondering if you'd like a copy because your name is prominently mentioned in it ? No ..well , while we have you on the phone lets talk about that 200$ you owe for your engagnement that didn't happen ... you still have to pay it back you know ...

Yeah , yo ubought groceries at the grocery store...so they can spam you ... oh you bought a CD at the record store , now they can spam you too ....

Oh ! You had the phone company change your phone number because you were getting all these calls... they updated the list with your new number and you STILL get those calls...

Anyone who signs up for this list is a victem waiting to be fleeced, and these guys are more than willing to do it.