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[ NNSquad ] Re: Bill Introduced To Let Robots Call Your Cellphone - The Consumerist


The odds are that most Congressmen have never gotten within
a figurative parsec of a prepay cell phone.

--Lauren--
NNSquad Moderator

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On 10/01 11:37, Bill Merriam wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:55:24 -0700
> Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Bill Introduced To Let Robots Call Your Cellphone - The Consumerist
> > 
> > http://j.mp/pZWrnd  (Consumerist)
> > 
> >    "Last week, a bill was introduced to change that. While in the past
> >     email hoaxes have gone around saying that your cellphone could be
> >     opened up to telemarketers, HR 3035 seeks to let businesses
> > contact your cellphone "for informational purposes.""
> > 
> >  - - -
> > 
> > Can anyone cite statistics that agree with the statement made in
> > support of this legislation that:
> > 
> >    "most wireless consumers are now covered by flat-rate plans"
> > 
> 
> Let's not forget that many non-rich people, whose numbers are
> increasing, use prepaid phone service.  Many prepaid phone plans are
> pay-by-the-minute.  HR 3035 continues the tradition of "make the rich
> richer and the poor poorer".
> 
> If by some miracle they could make sales calls to cell phones opt-in,
> who would opt-in?  Maybe sales people who want to learn first hand how
> other sales people try to sell to angry people.
> 
> Bill