I guess I don't let telemarketers bother me. I just hang up on them if I get one on the phone. Like I've said, I don't rush to answer the phone. I will answer it on my schedule.
I'm glad that works for you. For fifty-million Americans, that solution is not acceptable. I'm one of them.
You know what, though? I live in a home with four incoming telephone lines, and we have not placed ANY of them on the Federal Do Not Call list. As I've described, I police it myself, and I'm down to about five calls a month, total over four lines.
But I applaud the FDNC list because it is a reasonable response to a public nuisance. If I need it, I'll sign us up.