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Re: 'Robo-call' law in limbo after lawsuit fails [telecom]

From danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
Newsgroups comp.dcom.telecom
Subject Re: 'Robo-call' law in limbo after lawsuit fails [telecom]
Date 2011-03-30 17:38 +0000
Organization The Telecom Digest
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In <imvelm$spv$3@reader1.panix.com> danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> writes:
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>- What I don't understand is why the FCC/FTC are doing
>diddly squat. Well, I can understand why that would be
>their initial position, but Congressional folk are getting
>hefty numbers of complaints. (And they're getting their
>own batch of calls, too).

>***** Moderator's Note *****

>Congressmen have _all_ their numbers on a special "don't even think
>about it" list, which _every_ telemarketeer obeys carefully. After
>all, Congressmen are much more important than ordinary people, so they
>can't be having their time wasted.

But that's part of why I don't understand the FTC/FCC ass sitting.
Senator Charles Schumer [D-NY] himself, while at a meeting on Capitol 
Hill, got one of these calls to his cell phone. And he went publicly
ballistic over it. Yet this garbage, especially the "Rachel"
calls, continue to this day.

"But here comes the cavalry! Senator Chuck Schumer says 
 he's "had enough" - after getting a robocall about fraudulent 
 car warranty renewals during a health care meeting on Capitol 
 Hill last week, he held a Sunday press conference to demand a 
 Federal Trade Commission investigation into the businesses 
 behind the calls..."

http://gothamist.com/2009/05/11/schumer_calls_for_investigation_int.php


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Re: 'Robo-call' law in limbo after lawsuit fails [telecom] "\(PeteCresswell\)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2011-03-30 09:55 -0400
  Re: 'Robo-call' law in limbo after lawsuit fails [telecom] danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2011-03-30 14:28 +0000
    Re: 'Robo-call' law in limbo after lawsuit fails [telecom] danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2011-03-30 17:38 +0000
      Re: 'Robo-call' law in limbo after lawsuit fails [telecom] "Pete Cresswell" <x@y.Invalid.telecom-digest.org> - 2011-03-31 11:06 -0400
      Re: 'Robo-call' law in limbo after lawsuit fails [telecom] "Pete Cresswell" <x@y.Invalid.telecom-digest.org> - 2011-03-31 13:12 -0400

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