Regulation -- it works!
It's now been several weeks since the no-call list limiting telemarketers' calls was put into effect, and guess what? Our household -- which previously received on average of 2-3 telemarketing calls per weekday evening, inevitably ringing just when I'd sat down in front of a hot dinner or the kids were raising a ruckus in the bathtub or when we'd finally gotten them down to bed -- has seen an approximately 99.9 percent reduction in the volume of telemarketing. I think we've received one call total, from our own phone company, which can claim it has an "existing business relationship" or whatever with us.
I consider this a major lifestyle improvement.
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