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Post #118,990
by Simon_Jester
9/26/03 9:18:48 AM
9/26/03 9:25:14 AM
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New Unforuately, I bet
while out of 100 who say "Don't bother me" there's 1, maybe 2 that will actually buy something when they hear "that incredible offer'.

Telemarketers live on that 1%.

The easist solution to this - charge more for business lines. (Or charge per phone call.) Make it uneconomical to call people and this business model disappears.


PS: Of course, the other solution is to provide Telemarkets an example of [link|http://www.the-dma.org/aboutdma/contactthedma.shtml|OUR FREE SPEECH].
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Post #119,122
by kmself
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9/26/03 6:40:34 PM
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New Toll rates....

First, this stuff is a mint for telcos (and need I remind you what business is so messed up that it would have to get much, much better to merely stink?). High-volume, predictable usage patterns with steady revenues. That's business you love.

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Second problem: move the stuff offshore. US rates don't apply (though connect tarrifs do). VOIP cuts through much of that. It's simply too cheap to be able to call you.

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I don't see free speech. I do see equal protection. But that's only through the SPRR "precedent", which really wasn't.

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     Do Not Call list put on hold by court - (admin) - (26) - Sept. 24, 2003, 02:32:57 PM EDT
         That doesn't surprise me. - (mmoffitt) - (24) - Sept. 24, 2003, 02:38:54 PM EDT
             "Put me on your do-not-call list." - (inthane-chan) - (23) - Sept. 24, 2003, 03:11:31 PM EDT
                 What really works. - (mmoffitt) - (22) - Sept. 24, 2003, 03:50:00 PM EDT
                     Only if you can get them to tell you - (tuberculosis) - (21) - Sept. 26, 2003, 07:29:23 AM EDT
                         After you decline politely once, they are fair game - (hnick) - Sept. 26, 2003, 07:54:57 AM EDT
                         Re: Only if you can get them to tell you - (pwhysall) - Sept. 26, 2003, 08:13:19 AM EDT
                         Free speech... blocked again. - (admin) - (16) - Sept. 26, 2003, 09:02:52 AM EDT
                             Unforuately, I bet - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - Sept. 26, 2003, 09:25:14 AM EDT
                                 Toll rates.... - (kmself) - Sept. 26, 2003, 06:40:34 PM EDT
                             IMO, a better law would be... - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 26, 2003, 09:40:00 AM EDT
                             Why Telemarketers are fighting it - (orion) - Sept. 26, 2003, 09:57:40 AM EDT
                             Being an advocate of free speech, I don't get it - (jb4) - (11) - Sept. 26, 2003, 10:20:58 AM EDT
                                 For me, they're talking about the wrong right. - (mmoffitt) - (10) - Sept. 26, 2003, 02:02:03 PM EDT
                                     Brings up an interesting corollary point: - (jb4) - Sept. 26, 2003, 03:53:23 PM EDT
                                     Problem is... - (bepatient) - (4) - Sept. 26, 2003, 04:07:49 PM EDT
                                         Bah,. - (admin) - (1) - Sept. 26, 2003, 04:12:39 PM EDT
                                             Me neither... - (bepatient) - Sept. 26, 2003, 04:20:01 PM EDT
                                         Charities? Ugh. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Sept. 26, 2003, 05:01:41 PM EDT
                                             Had one of those calls today. - (admin) - Sept. 26, 2003, 05:24:37 PM EDT
                                     The appeal mentions privacy - (admin) - (3) - Sept. 26, 2003, 06:18:16 PM EDT
                                         I've been a telemarketer - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Sept. 26, 2003, 08:02:29 PM EDT
                                             Odd, me too - (deSitter) - (1) - Sept. 26, 2003, 08:14:23 PM EDT
                                                 Tried it once but didn't inhale -NT - (andread) - Sept. 27, 2003, 09:06:50 AM EDT
                         How to block out of area calls - (orion) - (1) - Sept. 26, 2003, 09:46:29 AM EDT
                             wish that would work for me - (SpiceWare) - Sept. 26, 2003, 10:57:21 AM EDT
         Dave Barry had a great idea - (SpiceWare) - Sept. 24, 2003, 03:50:09 PM EDT

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