Save Indiana's "No Call List"

e-mail | Nov 8, 2002 | Stephen Carter, Attorney General, IN

[madmomma]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering a proposal that could diminish the protections you receive from Indiana's Telephone Privacy law. Please take a moment to review the following information.

The FCC is considering preempting state Telephone Privacy laws in favor of adopting one lower national standard. While the legal arguments about preemption are complicated, the practical result could mean that you will receive more unwanted telemarketing calls. Should the FCC try to preempt state law, you could receive unwanted calls from some companies that you have previously done business with...credit card companies, phone companies, and anybody else that considers you an "existing customer."

The FCC is taking comments from the public on this proposal until November 22. You may want to use the information below to contact the FCC and let them know they should leave Indiana's law alone.

You can submit comments on-line at: http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi You will be commenting on proceeding: "02-278". After filling in some preliminary information, there is an option at the bottom of the page to type in your comments for submission to the FCC.

If you send them your message, you may want to consider mentioning the following: --That the FCC should not implement any proposal that would lessen Indiana's Telephone Privacy law protections. --How Indiana's Telephone Privacy law has improved your time at home. --How effective Indiana's law has been (e.g., "I used to receive 12 calls per week, now I only receive one"). --Any of your personal views about the importance of Indiana's law.

Thank you for your attention to this message. Working together, we can ensure the success of our Telephone Privacy program for many years to come.

Sincerely,

Stephen Carter Attorney General

[madmomma]

I don't know about the rest of the Indiana Freepers, but my family loves the "No Call List". It's been months since dinner has been interrupted by MCI, much less Sprint.

Would sure help if the rest of us submitted our comments on this proposal. Afterall, it's another example of how important States Rights are to the guys in DC.

[tall_tex]

We recently were able to sign up for the no call list here in Texas. Has worked very well. I got a call the other day from a TM, and I politely informed them that I was on the Texas no call list.

She said it's ok, you are already one of our customers. I told here it was not, and I wanted to talk to her supervisor so I could cancel my account. She hung up.

I called the company the next day and closed my account.

No call works, I can't wait to get signed up for my business as soon as it becomes available.

[Always Right]

I really miss all those calls interupting my dinner promising me I won some special prize......not!