I registered with the CMA twice in a 1-1/2 year period.
None of the calls stopped.
CMA = Canadian Marketing Association = An organization with a vested interest in keeping telemarketing alive.

http://www.the-cma.org/

and click on “CMA do not contact me”, etc.

and….. it actually worked. In fact my calls from telemarketers dropped dramatically after the original surge (I assume that since they know you are opting out that every member tries to contact you first).

No Bell calls, a huge reduction in Bell junk mail etc. – and as such fewer reminders that this irritating entity still exists.

And to boot, I’m now Bell free (no Bell DSL, phone, satellite, cellphone, etc.) – which makes me feel even better.

The reason I think the particular issue, the DNCL operator ignoring the rules and the irresponsible handling of over 5 million phone numbers, should be centered on is because it is what’s current, and seems to be a very “black and white” story that is “court-ready”. We also have the “added bonus” of them disregarding the iOptOut end of things, which, as we’re now seeing, is not something Michael Geist is very happy about.

If we can get compliance on just 1 scandal, we’ll have more leverage to deal with some of the others that have been getting inappropriately put to sleep by the CRTC and our Government. That 3-way “protection racket” has been our problem all along, and needs to have a hole put in it.

Back to topic: We must pressure Bell to play nice before they kill off our net, while we’re at it get all our resources back AND upgrade network for free!
- i propose ongoing protests at all their main offices
- if that doesn’t seem to work then fill their main office lobbies with 1000 ppl each asking to see kevin crull or CEO till we get what we need and want

A good idea actually, ban chronoss from the Internet.

But chronoss is not doing as much harm to the Internet as RIAA and MPAA are doing. If spammers are not admitted to the Internet, RIAA and MPAA should not be admitted to the Internet by any of the telecom carriers. After all, RIAA, MPAA, BSA and the like are harming everyone – customers, providers, Internet companies – and they should not be admitted to the Internet at all. I won’t talk about Mediasentry, BayTSP and the like who are involved in DOS attacks.

But some companies like Level 3 are trying to make a buck here and there and are providing bandwidth to fucktards like RIAA and MPAA.

I find that “interesting”.

http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/ontario/video/index.html

Click NEWS HOUR, then “January 15″, and skip to the 13:10 mark.

http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/ontario/video/index.html

Click on “NEWS HOUR”, then “January 13″, and drag the little scroller under the video window to about the 3:30 mark.

Cheers!

: )

@bell
i agree with Adam and i’d like to add Bell has become one of the most corrupt organizations going.

CAIP and protest haven’t stopped them, CRTC hasn’t stopped them, Michael Geist or Charlie Angus either, 2 class action suits [1 in Ontario and 1 in Quebec] i think are still ongoing, they keep throttling and using DPI, Privacy Commissioner is digging into them, Haven’t gotten rid of bad Indian support, still keep overbiling, changing users profiles without permission to higher priced ones or wrong ones, won’t get service PPL out to fix problems readily, if they finally do then it’s not done right the first time. Users are left with calling for months on end while getting the royal run around.

So what makes you think they are any different for DNCL?
As i see it there is no other options besides massive protests at every Bell building and taking the suckers to court for every infraction. Even if it’s small claims court. A guy on dslreports got it right: bill the Bell suckers for your lost time, effort, any problems and anything else, then take ‘em to small claims court if they don’t pay up and solve all problems.

What else you going to do? Cancel your account and go to next rip-off like Rogers, Telus, Verizon which is ore of the same?
Join Teksavvy but you still lost unlimited, still under DPI, and whatever else. And only if Bell didn’t blacklist you. Go to Mountain cable, Acanac and others but now the prices have gone up and no more unlimited?

Canada has become the third world country in internet access for the average user and most of all the advanced users. What really digs under PPL’s skins is Bell and others are destroying our privacy, selling our phone info to their spamming business buddies and doing everything to undermine our well being. Instead of improving our internet and phone services Bell has taken upon it’s self to cut back our services and nickel and dime us to death.

When will we as Canadians get off our butts and do something about it?

I walk a really thin line on p2pnet. There are several posters I wish would go away. But although I delete spam regularly throughout the day, I don’t moderate as such. Some comments leave me seriously wondering about the mental competence of the posters, but I’m pretty sure most readers are smart enough to know the difference between real and unreal.

Cheers! And thanks …

Good argument. The way i would do it is have a board of advisors, have people such as Michael Geist, Charlie Angus, and others who have no history of corruption, ranging from private to public figures, to be the ones who come up with the unique hash code, and to be the only people that will ever know the hash codes (Yes, codes, as in they would change).

Of course, if bell canada obtained the codes to unhash the numbers, there would be steps taken to find which member. At that point, Bell would also be liable for alot more, as it would have been a government committee they would have stolen information from

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21608169-bell-cut-my-phone-off-or-is-there-an-outage

There are a few more on DSLreports, but most of his crazed topics get deleted or locked and heavily moderated due to over-fabrication.