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

[Jamon Camisso]

Daniel Gardiner wrote:
>  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.

I've been on that do-not-call list for a few years and it does 
work--after 6 weeks that is. YMMV.
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