[Cialug] another phone

[Dave J. Hala Jr.]

I've got all my phones on the do not call list. I think that Dell gave
my number to Duns&Bradstreet, which in turn gave it to some others.  I
suspect they used "prior relationship" clause to call me.

It was terrible with those guys. Especially those "move your business"
companies.  I got to the point where I made it entertainment and just
ran them around until they hung up.


On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 13:12 -0500, Neal Daringer wrote:
> 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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