Comment Number: OL-104012
Received: 11/28/2004 7:52:20 PM
Organization:
Commenter: Emily Johnston
State: MD
Subject: Trade Regulation Rule on Telemarketing Sales
Title: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Request for Comment
CFR Citation: 16 CFR Part 310
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Comments:

I find your prose difficult to understand (even though I have many many years of education). However, if your proposed changes mean that my registration in the "Do Not Call" list is being invalidated for automated messages, I am definitely opposed. My answering machine will only hold about 5 full 2-minute messages (as opposed to about 40 regular messages). The automated sales calls will fill up the machine space quickly, and my machine forces me to listen to them before I can erase them. This is definitely an invasion of my privacy, and an imposition on the way I manage my household affairs. In fact, I would like to add another number to this "Do-Not-Call" list called "Do Not Fax". Junk faxes waste about a roll of fax paper a month in my house and it really burns me up. Emily Johnston