[taxcontrol]

Here in Colorado, we have a "no call" list. Telemarketers are required to first check you number against that list. If they find a match, they are required to remove that number from their database.

I understand that in less than a year over 2 million people have subscribed to the "no call" list. In fact, it is so sucessfull, the pols are looking to expand the list to cover cell phone numbers as well.

[Paleo Conservative]

Here in Colorado, we have a "no call" list.

We have that in Texas too. I even got spam explaining how I could be taken off of telemarketers's phone lists.

[Naspino]

The no call list doesn't seem to have any effect though if you cannot trace the caller and they use a voice recording to prevent you from gathering the details from them. We had a call yesterday day from the research institute. What was their name -- "The Research Institute". When my wife asked her to repeat the name she hung up. You cannot even trace the names of the companies.

[justlurking]

In fact, it is so sucessfull, the pols are looking to expand the list to cover cell phone numbers as well.

The "pols" are idiots. It's already a violation of federal law and most state laws to make unsolicited telemarketing calls to numbers that incur a charge to the recipient.