[palmer]

I pay a monthly bill for my phone service

You haven't paid for solicitation-free service. That costs more, but it wouldn't cost much more if the government didn't over-regulate phone service to begin with. A problem created by state regulations is now "solved" with federal regulations.

[bk1000]

'You haven't paid for solicitation-free service'

I have never heard of this. I even have a problem watching
commercials on pay TV, or at a movie I paid to enter. I think it is different with TMs. The caller ID is hidden, because they know you won't answer, then that annoying silence waiting on the auto dial back sends me through the roof. It was fun now and then to tease them, but even that got old. I'll have to say this: the list works! I have gone from 5-6 calls a day to none. The unfortunate part is that now I realize just how unpopular I am!