Stop marketers from endlessly calling your cell phone!

[DesertRat]

A bill being considered by the House Energy and Commerce Committee would end 20 years of consumer protection preventing marketers from endlessly calling your cell phone--and using up minutes that you pay for.

This proposed legislation is so far-reaching that Sen. Chuck Schumer said that if it passes, "The floodgates would be open to telemarketers, who could call you on your cell phone during breakfast, lunch, dinner, no matter if you're at home, at school, at the office."

Our best chance to stop the bill is in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. If we can prevent the bill from coming to a full House vote, we can effectively kill it and preserve the traditional protections consumers enjoy from intrusive and unwanted robocalls to their cell phone.

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/no_robocalls/

[arcane1]

1. I would love to hear how this is being defended n/t

[ananda]

2. I've got both my cells on the national do not call registry.

nt

[oldhippydude]

6. the problem with the do not call registry

is apparently after some time your number is removed from the list.. i am lead to beleive you re up every 5 years.. i know im starting to get telemarketers again..

[Uben]

3. I already do not answer unfamiliar numbers.....

......caller ID is wonderful! If it comes up private or cannot ID the caller...too bad, you need to change the setting on your phone cuz I am not answering it.....period. I am very rude if I have to talk to a telemarketer. Yeah, they're just doing their job, but that was a choice they made. They should expect a lot of people like me cuz they're gonna get em.

[jtrockville]

4. Does this bill make exceptions for numbers on the Do Not Call list?

[robinlynne]

5. signed that one as fast as I could!!! Thanks.