# Canadian "Do Not Call" anti-telemarketer service starts tomorrow! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-do-not-call-anti-telemarketer-service-starts-tomorrow/465796 "2008-09-30T02:37:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-do-not-call-anti-telemarketer-service-starts-tomorrow/465796/21 "2008-09-30T16:17:32Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Okay, so I just registered my number online. There seemed to be absolutely no confirmation that the number was actually mine to register - so I could if I wanted sign up all of Saskatoon? Be a bit tedious, granted, but still, seems odd to me. Ooooh, please do! It’ll save me 5 seconds! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-do-not-call-anti-telemarketer-service-starts-tomorrow/465796/22 "2008-09-30T20:41:38Z")
Update: The service [seems to be popular for some reason](http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/508632): > [@](#): > > The widely anticipated system was so overwhelmed it crashed shortly after 9 a.m. and was available only sporadically for the rest of the day… > > **More than a million consumers had called one of two phone lines to try to register** by early afternoon. At one point more than 40,000 callers were trying get through “at the same instant,” Carmel said. An unknown additional number tried to sign up online at the registry’s web site. > > Just over 200,000 consumers had succeeded in getting on the list by 1.30 p.m., Carmel said. Most of them had signed up by 9 a.m., when the system became overwhelmed. Only a few thousand were able to get through after that, he said. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-do-not-call-anti-telemarketer-service-starts-tomorrow/465796/23 "2008-10-01T00:46:43Z")
I’ll put our names on the list, too, but I am seriously put out by the exceptions, since those are by far our most common telemarketers. Telus calls me almost every day; they don’t leave a message, and when I pick up, there’s nobody there (even if I wait). I’m not sure what the point of that telemarketing is; if it is to annoy me, it is extremely effective. I’ve started just picking up and hanging up immediately. ---
**Author:** ![lynxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e99b99/32.png) [@lynxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynxie)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-do-not-call-anti-telemarketer-service-starts-tomorrow/465796/24 "2008-10-01T04:38:05Z")
The newspaper thing pisses me off, too, but even if it only cuts the calls in half I’ll be happy with it. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-do-not-call-anti-telemarketer-service-starts-tomorrow/465796/25 "2008-10-01T05:00:30Z")
> [@lynxie](#): > > The newspaper thing pisses me off, too, but even if it only cuts the calls in half I’ll be happy with it. Why are they exempt, I wonder? I get a shitload of calls from the Calgary Herald that all piss me right off. The Sun just comes door to door and bribes me with x-mas decorations. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-do-not-call-anti-telemarketer-service-starts-tomorrow/465796/26 "2008-10-01T18:34:49Z")
I believe you can still demand that a specific company or organization add you to their own DNC list, you just can’t do it globally through the national DNC registry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-do-not-call-anti-telemarketer-service-starts-tomorrow/465796.md?page=1)