Comment Number: OL-102081
Received: 11/27/2004 8:39:57 PM
Organization:
Commenter: TIMOTHY PATTERSON
State: MD
Subject: Trade Regulation Rule on Telemarketing Sales
Title: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment
CFR Citation: 16 CFR Part 310
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Comments:

This rule change is absurd. Telemarketing amounts to theft of service, in my opinion. I pay for my phone access, not the telemarketing companies. Because I purchase access to the phone network does not give anyone the *right* to call me. When the FTC provides a mechanism for me to bill the telemarketers for access to my line, then maybe such a rule might be reasonable. Until then, stop letting businesses steal my phone service.