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November 03, 2003

FCC Proposes “Do Not Call” Fine

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Fuckers. I knew this would happen. And AT&T of all places is the first. We all knew that certain telemarketers would try to slide under the radar and continue to place solicitous phone calls even after the October 1st enactment of the Do Not Call list. I’m not sure any of us were expecting it to come from AT&T. Let’s hope they’re hit hard and made an example of.

The way the FCC handles violation such as this will certainly set the tone for future infractions of personal rights by solicitors emailing, text messaging, pinging, and contacting us through cell phones, RIM pagers, Handheld computers and wireless networks.

“WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators are proposing their first major penalty against a company for violating the “do not call” rules for telemarketers: a $780,000 fine against AT&T.

The Federal Communications Commission accused AT&T of making 78 phone calls to 29 consumers who asked telemarketers to leave them alone. The proposed fine would cost the company $10,000 for each call.”


Here’s the story at Guardian UK