Re: Cogent for ISP bandwidth

[Marshall Eubanks <marshall.eubanks () gmail com>]

On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 12:46 AM, PC <paul4004 () 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.

Regards
Marshall

> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:45 PM, Darius Jahandarie
> <djahandarie () gmail com> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Paul Stewart <paul () paulstewart org> wrote:
> > > I liked Cogent when we had them years ago but due to routing instability
> > > (off the charts) and unplanned down time every single month we dropped
> > > them..... they call me every 3-6 months (different person each time) and I
> > > tell them to go away....
> >
> > You know, if you're in the U.S., on the No Call list, and you tell
> > them specifically not to call you again, they're doing something
> > illegal and can be fined up to $16,000 dollars for it. Though I hear
> > that the FTC doesn't actually enforce it too well. May want to try
> > waving the stick at them at least.
> >
> > --
> > Darius Jahandarie