Cogent for ISP bandwidth

Thu May 17 15:13:02 UTC 2012

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Robert Bonomi
<bonomi at mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote:
>
> Marshall Eubanks <marshall.eubanks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:46 AM, PC <paul4004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > While there may be other grounds for telling them not to call you, the
>> > do not call list is not one of them as it does not apply to business
>> > to business solicitations.
>> >
>> > "The national Do-Not-Call list protects home voice or personal
>> > wireless phone numbers only. While you may be able to register a
>> > business number, your registration will not make telephone
>> > solicitations to that number unlawful."
>> > http://www.fcc.gov/guides/unwanted-telephone-marketing-calls
>> >
>>
>> Also, (from http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/do-not-call-list )
>>
>> The Do-Not-Call registry does not prevent all unwanted calls. It does
>> not cover the following:
>>
>>      calls from organizations with which you have established a
>> business relationship;
>>
>> And, in this case, there is a previously established  business relationship.
>
> a) The "previously established business relationship" exemption expires 6
>   months after the 'business relationship' ends. (This is in the 'fine
>   print' of the actual rules0  As the relationship in question ended
>   several years ago, according to the prior poster, this exemption would
>   not apply.
>
> b) Nothing in the Do-not-call rules applies to calls to business numbers.
>   Callers to business numbers are not even required to respect a 'put me
>   on your "do-not-call" list', or 'do not call me again' request under
>   the DNC rules.

So the moral of the story is to make sure you always make your Cogent
calls from your home phone? :-)

-- 
Darius Jahandarie