<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Yes, there was such a thing, almost every business who requested to be exempt was granted exemption. This turned into a list of people to call!<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>--dc--<BR><DIV><DIV>On 10-Aug-06, at 8:22 PM, Kush wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> There was a talk of Canada putting in place a "do not solicit registry of phone numbers". I will ask around the megacity-toronto yahoogroup of anybody who knows about handling this matter. Bell canada/bell mobility will then have to ensure that those who do not want to be disturbed by spam callers actually do not get called or disturbed.<BR> <BR> Kush<BR> <BR> Alex Beamish wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite="midf9870c010608100820s11a2c50fx1b5b636b88d13c2a-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org" type="cite">Hi folks,<BR> <BR> This is a little off-topic, but it's driving my wife insane. She's been getting a number of spam phone calls from the numbers in the subject line -- they're recordings for some kind of stupid offer. Once a month I could live with, but she got three while we were at a baseball game on Monday (go Jays!). <BR> <BR> I've filled in a form at <A href="http://bell.ca">bell.ca</A>, but that's only because I don't have 45 minutes to spend on hold at Bell Mobility, and I'm clinging to the hope that this can actually be resolved over E-Mail. Has anyone on this list experienced the same problem with the same frequency? Did you ever hear back from your cell phone provider? Is the only alternative to start blocking numbers? <BR> <BR> My wife is staying with her Mother in Burlington while they tend for her Father, who is very ill in hospital. She's away from her boys, she's bunking in with her Mother, and some automated system keeps calling her damned cell phone. It's unnecessary stress, and really, really frustrating. Thanks, all. <BR clear="all"> <BR> -- <BR> Alex Beamish<BR> Toronto, Ontario<BR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>