Submission + - Bill To Let Telemarketers Call Mobile Phones (nydailynews.com)
esocid writes: Current law bars telemarketing calls to cell phones unless the customer has given approval. The proposed change would allow prerecorded “informational” calls to be made to cell phones without consent, called the “Mobile Information Call Act” and would allow all sorts of nuisance calls to cell phones.
The sole Democratic sponsor stated
The sole Democratic sponsor stated
"Do we really want to stop FedEx or UPS using modern technology to deliver your holiday gifts on time? Of course not, but that is what we heard at the hearing is one consequence of this 20-year old law."
His statement is still at odds with the ability to give consent to receive such calls.