This afternoon I rushed into the room to answer a call on the third> ring. "This is Tell Nants calling on behalf of Bell South in regards> to telemarketing. Sorry we missed you. If you have any questions,> call 1-866..."

It's pretty bad when somebody programs a robot to call homes and hang> up without saying what it's about.

The call came from 954 443 9404, which is Technion Communications. On> the web I've found complaints that their telemarketing robots will> bombard a Bell South customer day after day. Apparently the law> doesn't apply if the victim has a business relationship with the> client, in this case Bell South.

Two hours later I found a similar message on my answering machine,> again telling me to call Bell South at the 866 number. Because the> robot was programmed start speaking immediately, I didn't get the> whole message. That could lure the victim into calling in case it was> important. (On the web I've found a document where Technion argues to> the FCC that the law doesn't apply if they can lure the victim into> making the call.)

It seems like harassment to me. Can I do anything to stop it?

This afternoon I rushed into the room to answer a call on the third> ring. "This is Tell Nants calling on behalf of Bell South in regards> to telemarketing. Sorry we missed you. If you have any questions,> call 1-866..."

It's pretty bad when somebody programs a robot to call homes and hang> up without saying what it's about.

The call came from 954 443 9404, which is Technion Communications. On> the web I've found complaints that their telemarketing robots will> bombard a Bell South customer day after day. Apparently the law> doesn't apply if the victim has a business relationship with the> client, in this case Bell South.

Two hours later I found a similar message on my answering machine,> again telling me to call Bell South at the 866 number. Because the> robot was programmed start speaking immediately, I didn't get the> whole message. That could lure the victim into calling in case it was> important. (On the web I've found a document where Technion argues to> the FCC that the law doesn't apply if they can lure the victim into> making the call.)

It seems like harassment to me. Can I do anything to stop it?

Choreboy

In article <telecom24.106.6@te­lecom-digest.org>,> Choreboy <choreboyREMOVE@loc­alnet.com> wrote:

I betcha Bell South will too. The law *requires* that companies> maintain their _own_ internal Do not call list -- for *anyone* who has> expressly requested that "that company" not call them. The 'prior> business relation- ship' exemption does *not* trump the> company-maintained 'do not call' list for marketing calls.