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[ NNSquad ] Re: Bill Introduced To Let Robots Call Your Cellphone - The Consumerist
The odds are that most Congressmen have never gotten within a figurative parsec of a prepay cell phone. --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator - - - On 10/01 11:37, Bill Merriam wrote: > On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:55:24 -0700 > Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> wrote: > > > > > Bill Introduced To Let Robots Call Your Cellphone - The Consumerist > > > > http://j.mp/pZWrnd (Consumerist) > > > > "Last week, a bill was introduced to change that. While in the past > > email hoaxes have gone around saying that your cellphone could be > > opened up to telemarketers, HR 3035 seeks to let businesses > > contact your cellphone "for informational purposes."" > > > > - - - > > > > Can anyone cite statistics that agree with the statement made in > > support of this legislation that: > > > > "most wireless consumers are now covered by flat-rate plans" > > > > Let's not forget that many non-rich people, whose numbers are > increasing, use prepaid phone service. Many prepaid phone plans are > pay-by-the-minute. HR 3035 continues the tradition of "make the rich > richer and the poor poorer". > > If by some miracle they could make sales calls to cell phones opt-in, > who would opt-in? Maybe sales people who want to learn first hand how > other sales people try to sell to angry people. > > Bill