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- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 14:02:56 PST
- From: Anthony E. Siegman <siegman@sierra.stanford.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Sad to Say, Telemarketing Works
- Message-ID: <telecom13.2.6@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: Stanford University
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
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- X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 2, Message 6 of 12
- Lines: 13
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- Concerning this issue, let me post the following suggestion once
- again, because it seems to be a good, workable, practical, effective
- proposal: Enact legislation requiring that all telemarketing calls
- come with Caller-ID from a uniquely designated area code prefix, like
- 600, 700, whatever. No freedom of speech issues are involved; the
- technical/economic burden on the telemarketer is very modest and
- affordable; no central data banks are required; and individuals can
- block or not as they choose, at very low cost, with no effect on the
- rest of their telephone usage. It's just like marking special
- advertising inserts in magazines as "Advertising" on each page, so you
- know what you're getting.
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