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They had their chance, they could have set up a DNC list themselves. If you requested to be put on the list with one TM they made that number available to all TM's, instead it seems the more you told them to leave you alone the more calls you got. When people had a device that would sense a computer generated call the TM's tried to get around that. They used numbers that caller ID could not identify. You couldn't tell them from a legit phone call. They took every opportunity to disrupt your life and get in your face.

I sleep in the afternoon and evening but still need the phone on and ringable for on-call phone calls. Instead I would be awakened at their whim. I tried a second landline number but they got that number in a few days. I am not going to pay for a cell phone I would never use just to get a peaceful sleep. They only have themselves to blame.

It is pure heaven now that my phone is silent when I sleep except for real emergencies.

I have an idea that should satisfy everyone. Instead of an "opt-out" list, let's BAN all telemarketing altogether, EXCEPT for those who specifically sign up for an "Opt-In" list. xrp and those on this thread that find it amusing that telemarketers are using our paid for phone service without our consent can surely see how this opt-in list will prosper, right? Surely there will be millions, upon millions who will salivate about getting on this list. Meanwhile, the sane part of society can rest assured that they won't get bothered about that latest and greatest life insurance plan, or whatever other absurd shit that I wouldn't buy in a store, let alone over a phone.

When people had a device that would sense a computer generated call the TM's tried to get around that.

That, really, was the last straw, and should have been prosecuted under existing "cracking" laws as a violation of electronic security for the purpose of gaining unauthorized access to someone else's phone line.