Comments on: Do not call do-not-call

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:01:12 +0000

(that was for the NDNCL)

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:36:50 +0000

The site didn’t crash. Administrators blocked the site intermittently over the first day make adjustments to allow the increadibly high traffic. 1,000,000 people registered on the first day.

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:51:27 +0000

@RW:

Where in my postings did I say iOptOut was a replacement for the DNCL??

I only mentioned the site was crippled, as an addendum to the info that the DNCL site wasn’t available. And, I reiterated that IOptOut was crippled, because a link to it was pointed out right after saying it all.

I half expected the DNCL to be overwhelmed on the release date (after all, Bell is too small a company with too limited resources), but to see iOptOut crippled this past month with a stupid script error (when it’s been out for a number of months now), just struck me as a point of contention.

With an estimated 95+% of all people not wanting ANYONE calling against their wishes, that’s a lot of people who are going to naturally use both sites. However, if the iOptOut error continues to cause the wrong choices to be recorded for enough accounts (and send out notices to all the exceptional groups involved to that effect), that would be a pretty significant problem, don’t you think??!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:52:18 +0000

@Devil’s Advocate:

The purpose of iOptOut.ca is to _complement_ the CRTC do-not-call list, not to replace it. iOptOut contains only exempted organizations.

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:14:32 +0000

@Ethereal…

Have you been to that site recently?
Did you read the post made to this page at 4:32?

IOptOut is still crippled.

By: Ethereal

Ethereal — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:55:20 +0000

try: http://www.ioptout.ca/

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:58:57 +0000

It shows just what a dog, not only the telemarketers but the advertising industry as well is. No one but no one except those that profit of it in some way support it. The excuse that it lowers the bills to be paid by the end user of the services is hogwash. That’s the reason being hoisted off on you to accept it. The real reason behind the support is that the broadcast media are double dipping for profit. Getting paid by the subscriber for the access and by the advertisers for the same access.

They well know the user of the service doesn’t like it. It is one of the prime reasons I have quit tv.

I HATE ADVERTISING WITH A PASSION!

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:45:51 +0000

Yesterday, I was watching a CityTV poll, looking to see how many people didn’t want to be called by marketers. At one point, the results showed that, out of about 1500 people, only 50 said they wanted to be called.

If that’s the case, why can’t we just outlaw the practice and let these morons in the 3-4% approval bracket CALL THE MARKETERS THEMSELVES?!!

By: Devil's Advocate

Devil's Advocate — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:32:58 +0000

Additionally, Michael Geist’s iOptOut site is also not functioning in a usable manner as well.
All the personal management pages have been besieged with a repeating script error (which I’ve reported to them more than once) over the last month!

I got a “confirmation” message from iOptOut a few days ago, letting me know that notices have been sent to all appropriate organizations to reflect my apparent choice of ALLOWING EVERYONE to call me! (I chose the opposite, and there was no mistake.)

I know it’s probably an “honest” mistake…
But, what a mistake!!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:52:31 +0000

I guess the CRTC has put themselves on the list!â

LOL