Put DID lines on the Do Not Call List

[MasterRacker]

We've got about 80 DID's through the local carrier. Haven't been getting any telemarketing calls I know of, but a few extensions get spam faxes. I've thought of entering our entire DID range into the federal Do Not Call List (USA).

Can anyone think of any problems that might cause? I should mention that I'm now working for a city government.

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Jeff
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[SF0751]

From the FTC website:

Q: Can I register my business phone number or a fax number?
A: The National Do Not Call Registry is only for personal phone numbers. Business-to-business calls and faxes are not covered by the National Do Not Call Registry.

Susan
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[MasterRacker]

So much for that idea. Shot down again. Grrrr.... ;-)

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Jeff
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[paterson]

My local Telco has a "Stop Annoying Faxes" service. It works by calling the provided number and entering in the offending fax number along with your number that is receiving the faxes. The offending fax number will be sent a "Stop Faxing" fax within the hour. If the faxes continue, then my local Telco also has a complaints division that can investigate further and possibly stop all calls between those numbers.

I suggest you contact your Telco and see if they offer a similar service.

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[SYQUEST]

Just because the FTC says that, doesn't mean you can't put the DID numbers on the DNCL.

But in order to do that, you will need several e-mail accounts. The FTC limits each e-mail address to six phone numbers. Then you have to go back and validate each one. A little labor intensive, but it can be done!

The FTC doesn't know what the numbers are anyway, since their process is automated!

If this country did not have sooo much corporate greed and corruption, this probably would not be a problem and we would not need a listing service like this!!!

And the latest I hear, is the FTC is going to make the DNCL permanent so you won't have to renew! (A welcome feature!)

....JIM....

 

[jsisley]

SYQUEST is right. I did that a few years ago for about 80 cell phone numbers. Very labor intensive and chances are your email administrator won't like you too much depending on how many mailboxes he will have to set up for this purpose. The FTC just sees the numbers, they don't know how they are used or whether or not it is a business using them.

good luck...

 

[kwing112000]

If your DIDs come thru a PBX you can maybe route by the caller id coming in from the faxes. I would route them to a busy signal or if you can find out who the fax is you can route it back the their own fax number. ever time they send you a fax it comes out on the fax in their office.

 

[SYQUEST]

Unless your DID numbers are provisioned on Primary ISDN service, there won't be any CID with the DID call.

....JIM....

 

[jerryreeve]

there is ANI on a T1 trunk, I believe that ANI is a dtmf caller id that comes across the channel to identify the originator of the call. problem is that so few customers actually use this that it sometimes gets difficult to find someone at the telephone company business office that knows what you are asking about.

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JerryReeve
Communications Systems Int'l
com-sys.com

 

[SYQUEST]

That was true, Jerry, but it was very limited and a thing of the 1990s. About the only PBX that supported that type of ANI was the NT Meridian 1 series PBXs, and it was only available from IXCs (like MCI). It was used primarily with toll free numbers to provide the calling party's ANI.

No LECs that I know ever offered it, and it was NOT available on 5ESS or DMS10 or DMS100 switches.

If anybody else has some info, please post it.

....JIM....