Do Not Call List to Lapse; 573,000 Numbers Are Fair Game to Telemarketers On Wednesday

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › December 03, 2004

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MADISON (AP) - A third of the telephone numbers on Wisconsin's popular no-call list are set to drop off it next month, opening the door for telemarketers to call during football games, dinner and naps if people don't reregister.

About 573,000 of the 1.6 million numbers on the list will slide off it Dec. 1, said Jim Rabbitt, director of the state Bureau of Consumer Protection. Most telemarketers who call numbers on the list face penalties of up to $100 per violation.

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Do Not Call List to Lapse; 573,000 Numbers Are Fair Game to Telemarketers On Wednesday

The list went into effect in January 2003. Numbers stay on the list for two years, a feature designed to wipe o...

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