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62 °F Forecast | Road Cams Friday, March 18, 2005 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Health Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley SHOP OUR VALLEY AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Classified Place an ad TOP JOBS EXTRA Ashland News NIE Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Moving here? eSouthernOregon CUSTOMER SERVICE FAQ's Advertise with us Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend March 15, 2005 Since You Asked ‘No call’ list keeps line quiet I receive seven to 10 unsolicited telephone calls per week. I once enrolled in the Oregon "no call" program, and it was canceled a week later without refunding my fee. It was supposed to be rolled into a similar federal program, but the net result is zero effectiveness. What’s the story with this program? Is there another enrollment process, and is there a complaint process? — Dick M., Eagle Point You can blame Oregon legislators for the persistence of those pesky telemarketing calls. The Legislature failed to approve the necessary measures to merge the state "no call" list with the national list as required by the Federal Communications Commission, according to the state attorney general’s Web site. Consequently, Oregon’s "no call" program was terminated in 2003. Short of ripping the phone out of the wall, your only option for putting an end to the barrage of telephone calls is to re-register in the national "no call" program. The service is free and lasts for five years. Participants should notice a drop in calls approximately a month after they register. However, charities, political organizations and telephone surveyors are not barred from calling registered households. Companies you’ve done business with also can call. Advertisement Call the toll-free hotline at 888-382-1222 or register at www.donotcall.gov on the Web. When registering by phone, you must call from the phone number you wish to be blocked from telemarketing. The Web site provides an electronic form for filing complaints. But don’t just register your home phone. Oregon’s Attorney General Hardy Myers tells "no call" participants to also register cell phones. Send questions to "Since You Asked," Mail Tribune Newsroom, P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501; by fax to 541-776-4376; or by e-mail to [email protected] . We’re sorry, but the volume of questions received prevents us from answering all of them. Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback Student Loan Consolidation Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers home equity loans helzberg Slippers Student Loans afsa teleconferencing Memory Foam Mattress w2 forms Tatoo Advertisement s