[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

If you go to the website to register your number, you'll find that the don't call list doesn't apply to everyone, some are exempted...like long distance phone companies!! You'll never be rid of their calls...credit card companies, too!!

Muahahahahahaha...

[sweetliberty]

Actually, it appears the FCC has joined in and the do not call list will now also include long distance companies and banks. Here is a quote from an article yesterday:

"The Federal Communications Commission voted 5-0 Thursday to add its authority to the U.S. do-not-call list, blocking telemarketing calls from within a state - the FTC could only police interstate calls - and from industries whose calls the agency regulates, including airlines, banks and telephone companies."

LINK

[agrace]

From Their FAQS

No. Placing your number on the National Do Not Call Registry will stop most, but not all, telemarketing calls. Some businesses are exempt from the national registry and still can call you even if you place your number on it. Exempt businesses include:

long-distance phone companies

airlines

banks and credit unions; and

the business of insurance, to the extent that it is regulated by state law.

However, many telemarketing calls are placed by professional telemarketing companies, and even if the company whose goods or services are being sold is exempt, the telemarketing company may be covered.

Hopefully that will help to weed some of the exemptions out. And I want to know - why those exemptions in the first place?

[kevkrom]

If you go to the website to register your number, you'll find that the don't call list doesn't apply to everyone, some are exempted...like long distance phone companies!! You'll never be rid of their calls...credit card companies, too!!

That's because those companies are not FTC-regulated. However, the FCC, which does regulate both of them (and trust me, I have no idea why banks are under the FCC) just voted unanimously to add FCC-regulated companies to the list on Thursday.

Only charities, political campaigns, and surveys should be exempt now...

[RogueIsland]

If you go to the website to register your number, you'll find that the don't call list doesn't apply to everyone, some are exempted...like long distance phone companies!! You'll never be rid of their calls...credit card companies, too!!

According to an article posted on ArsTechnica.com, some of those loopholes have since been closed by the FCC.