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Originally posted by SATX*APhi
And what's this about the Texas no call deal?
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www.texasnocall.com:
Beginning on January 1, 2002, you can add your name, address and telephone number to state-sponsored “No Call Lists,” which will help limit telemarketing calls to your home or business. You can choose to register a residential telephone number for one or both of two “No Call Lists” sponsored by the Public Utility Commission (PUC.)
It costs $2.40 for a 5 year period. My dh and I signed up immediately. It took a couple of months, but now, our phone is blissfully silent. There are exceptions--companies which you have a pre-existing relationship with and charities are exempt. But I don't hear from them much. The very worst I have experienced since the no call list was instituted was last fall during the elections. Perry's campaign RELENTLESSLY called my house with those irritating automated/recorded messages. GRRRRR.
If you sign up by March 27, calls will stop by June 1. Check out the web-site for all the details. I must say, it isn't perfect, but I am a big fan. And now, if someone calls me who shouldn't, all I have to do is inform them that they are in violation of the Texas Telemarketing Disclosure and Privacy Act (which doesn't carry heavy penalties, but sounds tough!) and they get off my phone quickly.
Anyway. Check it out.