Wed, 30 Apr 2003

Helping Telemarketers

Sprint to cash in on telemarketers. A new service from the company helps telemarketers avoid steep fines by preventing them from calling people who have signed a "do not call" list. [CNET News.com]

This could've been done years ago - I know, because I did it years ago. Of course, years ago, without legal backing for do not call lists, there were no users (it was bundled) for my little product.

Sometimes laws can actually be a good thing - something the libertarian in me was always loathe to admit, but which is becoming increasingly apparent as my age increases....

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