| Comment Number: | OL-103079 |
| Received: | 11/28/2004 6:31:07 AM |
| Organization: | Individual |
| Commenter: | A. Peter Allan |
| State: | DE |
| 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:
I object to the proposed rule change for the following reasons. 1. I cannot ask a recording to clarify who they are or what our existing relationship is. 2. I cannot tell a recording to not bother me again. 3. The cost (to the caller) of wasting my time with a recording is less than the cost of having a person do it, and thus the amount I am bothered is only likely to increase. With low-cost VOIP technology, recordings will enable a new class of untargeted telemarketing. 4. The established-business-relationship requirement is inadequate because almost any seller can qualify through otherwise meaningless partnerships. Why mess with a good (for voting, taxpaying individuals) thing?