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Bell Canada to run Do Not Call List

by Jarrett Martineau | December 24, 2007 at 11:53 am | 3367 views | 6 comments | 0 recommendations

Isn't the first rule of telemarketing to call anyone and everyone on a "Do Not Call" list?

Bell Canada will operate the National Do Not Call List.

The CRTC announced Friday that it has awarded a five-year contract to Bell to keep track of those Canadians who wish not to be contacted by telemarketing firms.

The federal telecommunications regulator says Bell was the only bidder that complied with the requirements of their request for proposal issued in July.

The contract stipulates the list should be launched by Sept. 30, 2008.

Bell Canada will be responsible for registering numbers, providing telemarketers with updated versions of the list, and receiving consumer complaints about telemarketing calls, a CRTC release said.

The release also states Bell will operate the list using the fees that telemarketers will pay to subscribe to the list.

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Mariejocelynne Sirois (not verified)

at 07:22 on July 30th, 2008

I have tried to register my phone number and have not succeeded still can you help me or at least give a number that is toll free so I can call someone to register online which at the present time is not working

Thank you

Mariejocelynne

Christina Armstong (not verified)

at 15:21 on July 30th, 2008

I have also tried to register our phones on the no call list with no success

amyjudd

at 15:29 on July 30th, 2008

Shouldn't they just put everyone on this list and have done with it?

Rubbie (not verified)

at 19:24 on July 31st, 2008

EXACTLY, why are they wasting all this manpower and money to creat a list, that will need to be updated periodically, when they should ban direct cold call marketing! I personally have never bought anything OVER the phone and with the internet accessibility and visuals, will never purchase on the phone, at least not from someone calling me. Who does? who's empowering these telemarketing companies?? they boast sales in the millions? yikes I feel sorry for the elderly who cant say no!

Gayle Clifford (not verified)

at 02:51 on October 5th, 2008

Someone should put Bell Canada on the DO NOT CALL LIST. I feel that they have the most dishonest marketing in Canada. They constantly annoy you at home with useless phone calls asking if you are satisfied with the particular service you have purchased from them, when in fact they alreay know they have screwed you over royally and are now giving you the chance to actually subscribe to the service you originally wanted but at a much higher price. You then have to bargain and try to negotiate with their customer service reps in order to obtain the actual service you had originally agreed to but did not get in writing and are now advised that this was never agreed to by them!!! I think that someone should actually boycott Bell Canada to teach them a lesson once and for all. If I started a "Screwed Royally By Bell Canada List," I bet the site would crash within 20 minutes from overuse.