[SEL] Info on Communications OT

[Curt]

Peter wrote:

>We have advert blocking facilities for faxes, but they are dying away
>now that email is firmly established for business users.
>
Fax advertising .....that one really hacks me off! I get dozens of ads 
for stock tips and cruise vacations every week on the fax machine, 
despite the fact that I have NEVER given the number out to a mag. 
subscription, survey, or anything. Each of those fax's costs paper and 
despite the fact that I call the toll free numbers to be taken off the 
fax lists, it continues. Each fax has a different toll free number to call.

The few times I have used our home phone line for a fax machine, we 
immediately begin to receive fax calls at wee hours of the morning. 
Somehow these marketers are able to monitor lines that have been used 
for a fax (even once) and they immediately begin to barrage you with 
unsolicited faxes.

I am dead opposed to government regulation, but the actions of these 
telemarketers must be stopped. Now Tommy tells us the cell phones are 
fair play too. It is simply not right to send and make unsolicited faxes 
and calls when those actions are costing us real money.

Curt Holland
P.S. Sorry, I really should have taken this over to slick.