| Comment Number: | OL-103809 |
| Received: | 11/28/2004 4:22:12 PM |
| Organization: | |
| Commenter: | Sashank Varma |
| State: | TN |
| 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:
Please DO NOT allow pre-recorded message telemarketing to people on the federal Do-Not-Call list. My family's quality of life has been significantly increased since we added our name to the list. We no longer get 5-10 calls per day from unsolicited marketers. To open a loophole for unsolicited marketing would destroy the worth of the list. Moreover, when such systems fail -- and all automatic systems will have glitches -- the consequences could be catastrophic. Imagine a phone line bombarded by the same recorded message once per minute by a malfunctioning autodialer. What recourse would a consumer have other than to switch telephone numbers? The one reasonable argument I have heard for the change is to better align the policy of the FTC and FCC. I submit that a small inconsistency is a tiny price to pay for avoiding an avalanche of unanted pre-recorded marketing calls. I further submit that if consistency is more important than the right of the consumer to not be bombarded with unwanted marketing through his or her own phone, over a phone line he or she pays for, in the confines of his or her own residence, then it is the FCC's policy that should be changed.