OT: Bell Mobility spam (not SMS) from 416-780-8411 & 8483 & 8485 anyone?

[Daniel Gardiner]

  Actually, there is a Canadian do-not-call list which is entirely 
voluntary (companies can decide whether or not they follow it) at 
https://cornerstonewebmedia.com/cma/submit.asp.  This is not a 
legislated list, it is done by the Canadian Marketing Association (or 
somesuch),.  There are regulations on telemarketing and soliciting and a 
person can request to be removed from a telemarketer's list, after which 
they are supposed to remain off the list for 3 years.  In my experience 
this tends to work with most companies.  The current telemarketing rules 
are at http://www.crtc.gc.ca/Eng/INFO_SHT/t1022.htm, discussions about a 
national do-not-call list are still ongoing and as was mentioned 
previously there are a lot of exceptions to it.


Daniel


Alex Beamish wrote:

> On 8/10/06, *Kush* <be_a_sport-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org 
> <mailto:be_a_sport-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>> wrote:
>
>     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.
>
>
> That would be cool. I look forward to hearing the results of your 
> query. Thanks.
>
> In the meantime, nothing yet from Bell Mobility. They have until 1115 
> Monday to respond, according to their service policy.
>
> -- 
> Alex Beamish
> Toronto, Ontario



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