What you can do about telemarketers
Yes, there are things you can do to get even.
Abandoned Calls
The most common violation that we receive here at the offices of JTK are abandoned calls.
An abandoned call is when you answer your telephone and you are not
connected to a live person within two seconds. If you receive an abandoned
call, you may hear dead air, clicking sounds, hear a prerecorded message, or a
hang-up. We truly enjoy reporting these parasites to the Federal
Communications Commission.
Note that the FCC rule is live person within two seconds. This
means that all prerecorded calls are illegal.
Every time you receive one of these calls, immediately write down the
caller-id indication, time and date. If the caller ID indicates the name
of the business that called you, be sure to note that also.
Then fill out the FCC complaint form. It will only take about three
minutes your first time. Next time you report a telemarketer violation,
you will be able to go through the form very quickly.
The F.C.C. does go after these slime-ball telemarketers. Many have been
fined heavily, and some have even been sent to jail.
To report an 'abandoned call' (other types of complaints are very similar to
this procedure):
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click for the
FCC complaint form
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Select "Telemarketing, Prerecorded Messages and Do-Not-Call"
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Select "Abandoned calls"
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After that step, go to the bottom of the page and click "continue to online
form"
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Enter your information - be truthful ! You are submitting a complaint with a
Federal agency and perjury is a very bad thing.
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When filling out the form be sure to click the box that shows that caller ID
information was obtained. Then, new boxes will appear for you to enter the
caller ID information of the slime that called you.
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In a few days you will receive a letter in the mail from the Federal
Communications Commission acknowledging your complaint.
Junk Fax
Junk facsimile cost you time, paper, ink, and frustration. You can also
report these slime to the FCC.
Unsolicited commercial emails on a cellphone
Because you pay by the minute for a cellphone, or by the text, getting
unsolicited crap from telemarketers on your cellphone costs more than your time,
it directly wastes your money. Be sure to report these violations also.
JTK Communications has been involved in communications since 1972.
Alan Dewey, principal of the corporation, began earning Federal Communications
Commission licenses in that year.
Caller - I.D.
The most important thing in battling telemarketers is having caller-id.
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