[Cialug] another phone

[Neal Daringer]

it is not illegal anymore. i have received them off and on for the last
year. not sure when the law was changed, but i know its legal now.

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:18 PM, David Champion <dchampion at visionary.com>
wrote:

> I've only ever received 1 or 2 telemarketing calls on my cell phone line
> in the 10 years or so that I've had one. It is illegal to do soliciting
> on cell phone numbers. I also put my cell phone # on the do-not-call
> list, even though it's redundant, but I wonder if that's also helped.
>
> -dc
>
> Josh More wrote:
> > If you get a "smart" phone, you can also install call blocking software.
> >  I've not received a telemarketing or political call in the year since I
> > installed the software.  That might shift the "annoyance vs utility"
> > factor a bit.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP, GIAC
> >  morej at alliancetechnologies.net
> >  515-245-7701
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>>> "Todd Walton" <tdwalton at gmail.com> 03/31/08 11:35 AM >>>
> >>>>
> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley
> > <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> will bring it up to the same level. I'm not *quite* ready to own a
> >>
> > cell
> >
> >> phone though. The balance of annoyance versus utility hasn't quite
> >> tipped far enough for me yet.
> >>
> >
> > Like with email, there's a rhythm you can adopt that will let you keep
> > your insanity.  In other words, don't always answer the phone, and
> > don't always call back right away.  And get text messaging.  People
> > can text me if they have some small bit of information for me but
> > don't have to actually talk to me.  That cuts down on phone calls.
> >
> > And in fact, I turn the phone off sometimes.  People get the hint.
> >
> > -todd
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