Canadian Do Not Call List launches today

Does this apply to you?

You spend all day working hard, come home, cook supper, and sit down to share a meal with your family when the telephone rings.

One the other end is a person wanting to sell you a vacuum cleaner, alarm system, insurance, or some or crap. If you are like me you slam the phone down and go back to your meal.

As of today, September 30th, 2008, you can register with the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications (CRTC) Do-Not-Call-List. To submit your phone number(s) go to https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/index-eng.

Site not working?

At time of writing this article their web site is crashing…probably due to the avalanche of registrations they are receiving. So as an alternative you can phone 1-866-580-DNCL(3625), fax: 1-888-DNCL-Fax(362-5329), or teletype: 1-888-DNCL-TTY (362-5889)

You can still get calls

In true Canadian fashion, the government has granted exceptions.  Political parties, newspapers, and registered charities are all exempt and can ignore the list. Personally we get most of our spam call from the local newspaper so this service can not get rid of them.

I am waiting for someone to call my number illegally so I can test how effective the system really is.

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