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On Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:30:34 -0500, cartoon cheese <cheesey@poofs.com>
wrote:

>I just received two phone calls today from an automated solicitation
>service. The pre-recorded message was apparently from a mortgage
>lending firm which did not make mention of its name or telephone
>number. After listening to the brief sales pitch, it asks that if
>you're interested in learning more, you to leave your name and
>telephone number for someone to contact you later.
>
>What you may not know is that this type of phone solicitation is
>ILLEGAL according to the Federal Communications Commission's "Code of
>Federal Regulations Title 47, Chapter I, Subchapter B, Part 64, Subpart
>L (I know, kinda long) which states:
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>Section 64.1200 Delivery Restrictions:
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>(a) No person may:
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>(1) Initiate telephone call (other than a call made for emergency
>purposes or made with the prior express consent of the called party)
>using an automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or
>prerecorded voice.
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>(2) Initiate any telephone call to any residential telephone line using
>an artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver a message without the
>prior express consent of the called party, unless the call is initiate
>for emergency purposes or is exempted by s64.1200 (c) of this section.
>
>And skipping to section:
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>(d) All artificial or precorded telephone messages delivered by an
>automatic telephone dialing system shall:
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>(1) At the beginning of the message, state clearly the identity of the
>business, individual, or other entity initiating the call, and
>(2) During or after the message, state clearly the telephone number or
>address of such business, other entity or individual.
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>I have only quoted the relevant parts of this document. A complete
>version of it may be found at the FCC website:
>http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/enforce/ where you may also receive complaint
>forms.
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>Unfortunately, I was so peeved at having received this call, I failed
>to have the forsight to leave my name and number to catch the offending
>company! 
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>Fellow Clevelanders, if you recieve this call like I did and it upsets
>you too, please trap them into calling you back so you may report them
>to the FCC. My caller ID showed them as "Private Caller" so I have no
>record of who they are. "*69" doesn't work on these types of calls
>either. Hell, if you find out who they are and don't feel like
>reporting them, tell me. I'll be more than happy to file a complaint!
>
>Beth "I Hate Spam" Hammock
>
>P.S. Unsolicited advertisements via facsimile are also illegal and are
>easier to report. Watch out folks... there's spam everywhere!!
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You can report these callers at the ohio attorney generals website at
http://www.ag.ohio.gov/ or send mail to
Constituent_Services@ag.ohio.gov .  I did leave my number and then
contacted the attorney general.  No more phone calls...  for now.

I believe ohio law allows them to make the calls electronically, but
they must leave their companies name and contact numbers on the
message so you may be asked to be taken off.  The one I received had
called me twice on a saturday at 8:30 am...

Chet