[asterisk-users] World Cheapest Predictive Dialer!

[Matt Florell]

Hello,

If you have a PRI-T1 in the USA, then you can set outgoing CallerID
with just about any carrier.

MATT---

On 6/17/08, Mark Hamilton <mark.h at cage151.com> wrote:
> How can they even set such 1234567890 callerIDs anyway?
>  For example, our inter/intra state calling depends a lot on the callerIDs.
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Matt Florell
>  Sent: June 13, 2008 8:20 AM
>  To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>  Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] World Cheapest Predictive Dialer!
>
>  Hello,
>
>  I am not suggesting that the USA's laws exist outside of the USA, I
>  can imagine the horrible problems that would cause in the rest of
>  world. I wanted to point out that if you are using this service and
>  doing business in the USA that you could face penalties for not
>  following the law. According to the FTC, both companies(the scrubber
>  and the client) are guilty of breaking the laws of the USA.
>
>  If you are calling the USA and need to use this company's FTC DNC list
>  filtering services then you may have USA-based operations of some
>  kind. In such cases it is important to note that companies have been
>  fined millions of dollars and have been shut down in the USA for
>  violating these regulations.
>
>  I am well aware of the fact that companies based outside of the USA
>  routinely call-blast the USA with auto-dialers that send out callerIDs
>  such as 1234567890 and do no filtering against the USA FTC DNC lists.
>  A large portion of these companies are doing lead-generation for
>  USA-based companies, and over the years a lot of those USA-based
>  companies have been shut down for the activities of their lead
>  suppliers.
>
>  MATT---
>
>  On 6/13/08, Dean Collins <Dean at cognation.net> wrote:
>  > Yep it's funny how few people on this list realize that the usa's
>  >  borders and laws stop 50 miles off the coast.
>  >
>  >  It's also surprising how few Americans realize that a company
>  >  incorporated internationally (Pakistan in this instance) even if owned
>  >  as a subsidiary of a USA parent doesn't have to follow the laws of the
>  >  USA but actually falls under the jurisdiction of the laws they are
>  >  incorporated under.
>  >
>  >  I'm not saying this is good or bad, 'm just saying that as 'asterisk'
>  >  people we should be smart enough to play the laws that suit us to our
>  >  advantage, if you think that the Global 1000 companies don't then you
>  >  are kidding yourself.
>  >
>  >  Besides we have the advantage in that almost everything we do can be
>  >  virtual in most instances.
>  >
>  >
>  >  Cheers,
>  >
>  > Dean
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  -----Original Message-----
>  >  From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>  >  [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve
>  >  Totaro
>  >  Sent: Friday, 13 June 2008 7:06 AM
>  >  To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>  >  Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] World Cheapest Predictive Dialer!
>  >
>  >  My guess is that they are outside of the FTC's jurisdiction.....
>  >
>  >  Thanks,
>  >  Steve T
>  >
>  >  On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 6:15 AM, Matt Florell <astmattf at gmail.com>
>  >  wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  >
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