If it is working for you, how long did it take?
For those who don’t know Its a govt site where if you register your phone number(s) the telemarketers arent supposed to call after a certain period of time.
I certainly get fewer calls. Note that certain types of groups (such as political and charitable organizations) aren’t subject to the Do Not Call rules. But even so I’d say that the sheer volume is down.
It took about a month. Solid month. Then no more calls.
Don’t forget, non-profits can call you under certain regulations. Even if you are on the list. It’s amazing who can get a 501 c(3) these days.
Yes, it works. We went from 10 - 20 calls a day to one or two a week over the course of 2 months or so.
The Wisconsin one works great. Are you asking about the federal list?
The Do Not Call list didn’t have nearly as big an impact as having my landline disconnected did.
It’s worked very well for us. Last week, I had to tell a Bank Of America peon that if she called us again, I’d report them. Otherwise, I can’t remember when we last had an unwanted call.
And despite the link on that site entitled: “The Truth about Cell Phones and the Do Not Call Registry”
I DO get an occasional telemarketer call on my cell.
After I signed up my number the telespam calls virtually disappeared. Every now and then one will still slip through, only to be sternly warned that my number is on the DNC registry and that by having called me, they have just subjected themselves to a hefty fine.
Around election time I get several political calls. I tell these morons (or the candidates they represent) that by calling me, they just lost a vote.
The DNC works quite well here (CT). I get the occasional call - maybe once every two weeks - tell the person (patiently) that I’m on the DNC and off he/she goes. No problemas.
Political calls are immune to DNC, aren’t they?
I’ve gotten maybe two in the past ten years. In both cases I stopped them very short with “this is a cell phone” and their response was “sorry sir” and then they immediately hung up. But if you want extra super protection there’s nothing barring you from adding your cell to the DNC registry.
Regarding political calls: they are not covered, since they are not defined as “telemarketing.” You can read all kinds of answers to frequently asked questions right here on the FTC’s website.
It worked great at first. The calls completely dried up, and stayed gone.
But that changed, about a month ago. Lately, I’m getting three or four a day, on average, from two different outfits. I know this because I work from home one day a week, and the call volume is the same as it is on weekends. I don’t pick up; I just note the number afterward. At first I googled the numbers for identification, but I don’t any more, since I recognize them immediately. And they’re toll-free, so I can’t block them.
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You are missing the obvious like I did for a while. Just pick up one of the calls and say “Please put me on your do not call list”. I had an 800 number telemarketer that I fumed about for over a year every time I looked at the caller id and then put the phone down. One day, my brain went off like a gong in an empty cathedral and I just answered it and uttered that magical phrase. That was the end of it.
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They’re automated. No human on the other end. :mad: :mad:
Mostly. I am lately getting a call from an 800 number that is likely a fund raiser of some kind (so it is allowed to call, I guess) but other than that I get very few calls.
Seems to work for me. I signed up with it as soon as I got my phone number in 2005.
I only get calls from my mortgage company (as I do business with them) and one of my credit card companies.
I get the occasional “auto-dialer hangup” (you know - “Hello?” “[no answer]” hang up) but those could very well be from a business I do business with.
The do not call list is apparently only good for five years at a time. So you may need to sign up again if you suddenly started getting calls now after not having any for a while.
Telemarketing calls went down from 1 per week to less than 1 per month after going on the list. Of course part of the reason might be that every time Fierra answers the phone, she says something to the effect of “PUT US ON YOUR DO NOT CALL LIST! THIS IS YOUR (X) WARNING! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?”, where “X” depends on how many calls have been previously received.
Me, I wimp out and say “sorry, this is a fax line.” Who knows which works better?