[LINK] 'Do not call' phone list Bill shelved

[Jan Whitaker]

At 05:09 PM 4/11/2005, Brendan Scott wrote:
>The most effective weapon against telemarketers would be a requirement for 
>them to present CLI on all telemarketing calls they make.
>
>Brendan

Now that is the best idea I've heard. I don't know how else one is to track 
if they are contacted by a firm a second time or who is really calling 
against your wishes when a DNC comes into place. I get that many where I 
don't even understand the speaker that I couldn't tell you what company 
just called 5 seconds after I've hung up the phone.

I understand that o/s calls show up as some special indication on a CLI 
display [I don't have one, so can't confirm]. What gives me the first clue, 
though, is when there is a long gap before a human comes on the line or 
they ask for Mrs Whitaker. I know I won't have the phone in my hand for 
much longer.

Kudos to you, Anna, for having a go. I said to someone on Link that the 
govt was pinching your ideas on this, which in this case is a good thing if 
they get it right. That is a long shot, I know, given their 'record' on 
implementation. I don't know why John Howard thinks his repetition of that 
in relation to IR legislation gets him many brownie points. His record is 
quite hopeless!

Jan



JLWhitaker Associates
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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