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Article: Do not call violations snare DIRECTV, Comcast, Dish Network.(NEWS)
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- Customer Interaction Solutions
- Article date:
- June 1, 2009
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It never pays to be an overly eager telemarketer stretching or could be seen pushing and crossing the limits of the law, even if you are or are representing a popular entertainment/communications service. The net result may be paying fines to settle allegations of violating federal Do Not Call (DNC) and other telemarketing regulations.
That is what has apparently happened to and with DIRECTV, Comcast, and with Dish Network, formerly EchoStar.
DIRECTV will pay $2.31 million in response to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it had violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) DNC regulations and had also violated a 2005 court order barring it from ...