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Bill would allow Robocalls to your cell phone
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Date: October 07, 2011 04:13PM
Proposed Bill Would Let Businesses Robocall Your Cellphone
Don't you sometimes wonder about all the useful information your favorite banks, bill collectors, and mortgage lenders would be sharing with you via your cell phone, whenever they felt like it, if they only could? If our representatives in Washington pass the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011, you won't have to wonder anymore!
Introduced by sexy lobbyist-loving Rep. Lee Terry (R-Nebraska) and Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY), this exciting new piece of legislation would "modernize" the Communications Act of 1934 to permit companies to reach you by cell phone "for informational purposes." Consumerist has reprinted the bill as well as a supportive letter cosigned by the American Bankers Association, ACA International (which represents collections agencies), the Student Loan Servicing Alliance, the Mortgage Bankers Association, and other organizations who represent the consumer money-taking industry. "This legislation will enact limited, common-sense revisions to facilitate the delivery of time-sensitive consumer information, while continuing to protect wireless consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls," says ACA International CEO Patrick J. Morris, who's just looking out for our best interests.
Informational Call Act of 2011 will greatly enrich your life.
http://gawker.com/5845392/proposed-bill-would-let-businesses-robocall-your-cellphone
Don't you sometimes wonder about all the useful information your favorite banks, bill collectors, and mortgage lenders would be sharing with you via your cell phone, whenever they felt like it, if they only could? If our representatives in Washington pass the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011, you won't have to wonder anymore!
Introduced by sexy lobbyist-loving Rep. Lee Terry (R-Nebraska) and Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY), this exciting new piece of legislation would "modernize" the Communications Act of 1934 to permit companies to reach you by cell phone "for informational purposes." Consumerist has reprinted the bill as well as a supportive letter cosigned by the American Bankers Association, ACA International (which represents collections agencies), the Student Loan Servicing Alliance, the Mortgage Bankers Association, and other organizations who represent the consumer money-taking industry. "This legislation will enact limited, common-sense revisions to facilitate the delivery of time-sensitive consumer information, while continuing to protect wireless consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls," says ACA International CEO Patrick J. Morris, who's just looking out for our best interests.
Informational Call Act of 2011 will greatly enrich your life.
http://gawker.com/5845392/proposed-bill-would-let-businesses-robocall-your-cellphone