General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Before registering, consider the Canadian experience. About 2 years ago they started a do not call registry. I signed up our number and since I was at it added my cell phone. I had never had junk calls on my cell before but they started to come regularly after. Others noticed it too and it turned out for a $50 fee per area code companies could get a list of all the numbers (100s of 1000s per code)of people they weren't supposed to call. A cheaper list of active numbers than they could get anywhere else.

I read the other day that 300,000 complaints have been made about to the CRTC about calls and $75,000 of fines have been issued. Only $3000 of that has been collected or an average of 1 cent per complaint. The offenders find that just a small cost of doing business. The system backfired.

In the past I had a series of middle of the night faxes from companies. When I complained one guy told me it was a good marketing tool and worth a little inconvenience. I guess as long as it was someone else's inconvenience. I think a few executions are in order to get these guys' attention. I would pay for the opportunity and provide my own rope.