Please tell us something we already do not know:

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Do Not Call List site overwhelmed OTTAWA — Canadians are rushing to sign up for the Do Not Call List. Demand for the new tool to block annoying calls from telemarketers has been so great that by midday on its first day the Do Not Call List website was overwhelmed. Would-be registrants were advised to please try again later. Those who opted to sign up by phone were met with a busy signal. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, which operates the list, says the system is working fine, but that by 11 a.m. EDT it couldn't handle the volume. A CRTC spokeswoman says 200,000 people had registered by 9 a.m. Her advice is to keep trying, but adds that even if you don't get in immediately, you can register at a later date. Once a number is on the list, telemarketers will be barred from dialling that number, or face a hefty fine of up to $15,000 if they do call. There are some exceptions, such as pollsters, researchers and government agencies. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/serv....wdonotcall0930

just registered my # but i'm pretty sceptical bout how much this is actually going to reduce the number of calls...

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Demand to get on new Do-Not-Call List overwhelms CRTC systems

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OTTAWA — Thousands of Canadians hoping to put annoying telemarketers on permanent hold jammed a government website Tuesday, trying to register their numbers for the national Do-Not-Call List.

Demand for the new tool was so high, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, which operates the list, had to publish a note advising customers to try later.

CRTC spokesperson Denis Carmel said as of 1:30 p.m., more than 223,000 people had register via online and telephone.

"It's way beyond anything we'd expected," he said.

"On the telephone side, more than one million people tried to access the system. It's clearly over any estimation we had done," he added.

"We'd no idea that it would be so successful on initial phase."

Carmel urged people to be patient and stressed that there is no deadline to register.

Once a number is on the list, telemarketers will be barred from dialling that number, or face a hefty fine of up to $15,000 if they do call.

There are some exceptions, such as pollsters, researchers, charities and government agencies.

People can register online at www.LNNTE-DNCL.gc.ca or by phone at 1-866-580-3625

source: http://canadianpress.google.com/art...qbo-gbUQqKrtmlg


LOLOLOL

I'm on now thank god!!! But you have to reregister the number every 3 years. I think I would forget to do that until I receive that first annoying call!!!

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Originally posted by Sentinal I'm on now thank god!!!

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Hah, I'll bet that it's not consumer demand and that the telemarketers really just contracted a bunch of spammers to DDoS the site.

I have my own solution to telemarketers: I just don't ever answer blocked numbers or 1-800 numbers.

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I'm finally on! YA!!!





Now we must wait as long as a month for it to really kick in according to their website. :(

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put the entire country on the DNC list by default, and create an Opt-IN site instead. capacity problem solved.

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bahahaha!!!

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Originally posted by chinamon not true. i say "ugh" but i am a tranny.

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Originally posted by kotsy lol colour me retarded

Maybe the CRTC was the first subscriber to put their number on

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