Re: Looks like "fake caller ID" laws are about to get a boost [telecom]

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From	danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com>
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Subject	Re: Looks like "fake caller ID" laws are about to get a boost [telecom]
Date	Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:33:35 +0000 (UTC)
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>     Also, it would be a good idea to go to the FTC Web site and report
>whichever company is continuing to call you.  If they get enough
>complaints, they'll at least send them a warning letter.

Not meaning to dump on the poster here, but what proof do
we have that the FTC (and the related for this purpose, FCC)
does even this diddlysquat? Yes, we see the periodic press releases
that they put out, but as of last month I was _still_ getting
calls from "Rachel of Card Services", and the feds have gotten
thousands, perhaps tens of thousands... or hundreds...
of complaints.

She's been at it for literally (and I mean that literally) years.

For that matter, where in their enabling legislation is
there a provision that states "ignore the public and
disregard violations of the law unless you get X number
of complaints"?
 

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Re: Looks like "fake caller ID" laws are about to get a boost   [telecom] danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2011-04-30 12:33 +0000
  Re: Looks like "fake caller ID" laws are about to get a boost     [telecom] Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com> - 2011-05-01 03:18 -0700
    Re: Looks like "fake caller ID" laws are about to get a boost [telecom] bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi) - 2011-05-06 03:02 -0500
      Re: Looks like "fake caller ID" laws are about to get a boost [telecom] Lisa or Jeff <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> - 2011-05-06 19:14 -0700

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