Comment Number: OL-105983
Received: 12/5/2004 3:08:26 PM
Organization: none
Commenter: Joseph Klems
State: CA
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 oppose this proposed rule change. I am a private citizen who subscribed to the Do Not Call List because I do not want any unsolicited commercial calls. I certainly do not want automated calls. I consider the idea of "established business relationship" to be sophistry. The only possible exception I could contemplate would be an explicit case-by-case opt-in, by which I mean that the individual has signed a form saying that this particular business may call under stated circumstances. The existing Do Not Call list has been a decided improvement. Do not weaken it. I do not pay for a telephone line for the convenience of marketers.