DURHAM -- You can soon stop those dinner-time phone calls selling everything from duct cleaning to cable packages.
The national "do not call list" launches Tuesday, Sept. 30, by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The list will be run by Bell Canada and will allow phone owners who sign up to look forward to fewer sales spiels.
Registration for the list will be free. The operational costs for Bell Canada will come from subscription fees paid to the list by telemarketing companies.
Subscriptions to the list will expire after three years and the onus will be on phone owners to renew. Land lines, cellphones and fax numbers can be signed up for the list. Bell will not be required to call subscribers to let them know when they will be removed from the list.
Some callers will be exempt. Registered charities, political parties, political candidates, opinion polls and market research firms who are not selling a product will be exempt. Other exceptions include newspapers calling to sell subscriptions and calls to consumers who have existing business relationships with a company.
The only way to stop calls from organizations exempt from the list is to get on their individual do not call lists.
Consumers can make complaints about calls if they have signed up for the do not call list by dialing a toll-free number that has yet to be determined. The fines for violations of the list will be up to $1,500 for individuals and up to $15,000 for corporations.
Phone-owners can sign up online at
www.LNNTE-DNCL.gc.ca or by calling the toll-free numbers 1-866-580-DNCL (1-866-580-3625) or 1-888-DNCL-TTY (1-888-362-5889).
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