Comments on: Canada’s Do Not Call System Good but Flawed

By: Addison

Addison — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:36:42 +0000

Don’t be so naive. The only rules listed that are not required by normal companies in doing normal business is the one about newspapers and the one about “verbal consent”. All the other stipulations you mentioned are required by businesses to operate, or can be avoided by common sense.

What if you cancel your service and don’t pay your last phone bill? Technically the call you receive asking you to pay it back could fall under the rules of this law, but not with the stipulation of “- You have a written contract with the telemarketer for a service that is still in effect or expired within the last eighteen (18) months;”

This law is a good thing and will keep millions of middle eastern people from relentlessly calling at all hours.

By: JERRY

JERRY — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:05:09 +0000

Canadian Telemarketers need to implement TELEBLOCK so they can weed out the non purchasers from the purchasers of telemaketing products. TELEBLOCK would definitely be an advantage to these companies.

By: Chris Schmitt

Chris Schmitt — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:59:30 +0000

Earlier this week I heard a DJ on an Ottawa radio station suggest that the DNC was a call blocking list, i.e. put yourself on the list and the LEC will block calls from that telemarketer. She couldn’t be further from the truth.

At least it’s better than nothing.

By: Ken Dyck

Ken Dyck — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:18:09 +0000

Michael Geist’s iOptOut (http://ioptout.ca) sounds like it could help with the exceptions. As I understand it, companies are required by law to respect any person’s direct request to be dropped from their call lists. iOptOut automates the process by generating requests and emailing them to a list of companies that you would like to leave you alone.

By: David

David — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:57:54 +0000

I already get those calls where its like “you have a call, do you accept?” And then it ends up being a telemarketer. I was like “you gotta be flippin’ kidding me!”

Now I just hang up when I hear that prompt.