Do not call list.....

[MoSo]

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See there's the issue. Putting your number on that list is pretty much giving your number to anyone that ether does not want to or does not have to go by that law. Its like saying, hey, nonprofits an con-men, here I am, call me....

Well, the most annoying autodialers would just start with my area code, get the list of assigned prefixes in the area and work down the list, starting with 0000 and ending with 9999 anyway. It's easy to find the assigned prefixes - here's the list for my area code:

http://phones.whitepages.com/541

It tells you the cities prefixes are assigned to, which prefixes are cell phone, etc.

In theory, telemarketeers are required to subscribe to the DNC list and remove numbers found on it. There is a ton of latitude in that, though, in how often the telemarketeers have to update to the new lists and how they purge numbers off their lists - and if you've ever done business with and provided a telephone number to a subsidiary of a subsidiary of an allied company, they have your number

 

[Gonzo]

The telemarketers are burning our phones up! I tried to add ours to the list, it said I would get an email, but it never came! Well, I guess I'll have to put the phone book listings in our dogs name again! Klaus Ashley

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

We put our cell and home phone on the list and I haven't gotten any calls on my cell. I used to get them all the time, sometimes at 2:00 in the morning! If I hung up on them, they would call right back. It was horrible.

We still get a few calls on the home phone, but we almost never answer it. We let the machine get it and then answer if we feel like talking to the person! LOL It works for us.

 

[wildorchid053]

my doctor visited our house to ck on mil and his phone rang.. he raised heck.. he asked how did you get this private number and it was a medical emergency phone.. they appologized and hung up.. now i do the same thing lol. they don't ever call back

 

[babymakes6]

Check snopes.com on what your friend told you about the cell phones.

It has been going around FB that this is going to happen, but snopes says it is false. On the other hand, if you are having problems with telemarketers you can add your cell phone to the DNC list.

 

[redhen]

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Good idea.. i might try that...lol

 

[Tala]

We have been on the DNC list since we got theis number 3+ years ago. We currently get two or three "private number" or "unknown caller" calls everyday --- there is no human on the line to cuss out or request to remove your number from their list.
I turn the phone ringer on silent or very low volume, and anybody who really knows me will call my cell. We really only keep the landline coz it's cheaper on the DSL if we keep it