There is a similar problem here in Canada. There is a Government No-Call
List and you had to register your phone number so that telemarketers do not
call. It also asked you to register your mobile phone. I decided that as
no-one has the number except when I give it to them for a specific event
(i.e. I need a call back on something when I'm out), otherwise my phone is
always off.
What happens is that the list of numbers is available to the telemarketers
so that they can verify if you are on it or not (they must not call after
you have been on the list for 60 days), but now all the telemarketers have
access to your mobile phone number if you registered it too. Many people
who did register have found that they are now getting many telemarketing
phone calls on their cell phones.
I don't get as many calls as I used to, and the ones I do get are now mostly
from the U.S. telling me how I can improve the interest I pay on my credit
card (never pay interest because I always pay it each month), or that I have
won a 3 day cruise out of somewhere in the deep south except I have to pay
my way to get there. If I am in the mood, I challenge them by asking where
they are calling from and they always immediately hang-up.
Malvary in Ottawa where we are forecast to have a day in the high 20's -
that will make 2 in a row with no rain!
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