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Basics
If your telephone number is
listed in the National Do Not Call
Registry, most telemarketers will be required to remove your
number from their call lists. Beginning Oct. 1, it will be illegal
for most telemarketers to call numbers listed in the registry.
Cost
You can register your home and
mobile phone numbers free.
Timing
If you register by Aug. 31,
most telemarketers must stop calling your number effective Oct 1. If
you register Sept. 1 or later, most telemarketers must stop calling
your number three months after you register. Registration is
effective for five years.
Exceptions
Listing your number in the
national registry will not stop all telemarketing calls. You may
still receive calls from charities, telephone surveyors, political
organizations and companies with which you have an established
business relationship.
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