| Comment Number: | 525547-00216 |
| Received: | 12/7/2006 1:32:34 PM |
| Organization: | French and English Communication Services, LLC |
| Commenter: | D. Goullard Parlante |
| State: | AZ |
| Subject: | Telemarketing Sales Rule |
| Title: | Request for Public Comment |
| CFR Citation: | 16 CFR Part 310 |
| No Attachments |
Comments:
To the Commission: I am writing to let the FTC know that I object to all unwanted telemarketing calls made to my telephone number(s). I especially object to recorded sales messages. I find these calls invasive of my privacy as much as calls that come from a live caller. That’s because I feel powerless to interact with a recording, I get too many calls, for products and services I do not want or invite, and it ties up my line(s) for calls I DO want to receive. Even when I hang up the phone when first hearing the message, the recording sometimes continues to tie up my phone line. In addition, if a company calls me with a recorded message based on a claimed business relationship, I have no way of telling the company not to call me again. And even when the caller is live, many just hang up and call again. I believe the FTC needs to outlaw all prerecorded messages unless I give my written consent for such calls. This includes recorded messages left on my answering machine. I also object to calls I answer where the caller hangs up or leaves me on the line with dead air. Ideally, the FTC needs to adopt a standard of zero tolerance for abandoned calls. But at the most, the rate of abandoned calls should not exceed 1% per day. Sincerely,