SteveHC wrote:zalloy wrote:That sounds like great advice. I *do* regularly call more than 50 numbers in a day. It's more like 150-200, including redials. maybe multiple devices is the key. That, and I can use another service (and maybe a thin client) as a backup.
- Just make sure that in making 150-200 calls per day that you're not violating any laws or telecom-related regs in the process (including making calls to Do Not Call list numbers, etc.) - MagicJack is fully cooperating with law enforcement and utility agencies, producing call and account records for them when requested or required and can trace multiple devices and numbers to their rightful "owner(s)." BTW - MJ can produce call records on calls even when those calls may not show up in one's on-line call log(s).
I don't think I have anything to worry about there. I am an IC who strictly makes B2B calls to generate leads, make sales appointments, or actual sales, of business software for another company. If anyone I call asks to be removed from the list, or is not interested, that is documented, and they are removed immediately. There's no prank or harassing calls made here. Believe me, I'm not into wasting valuable time bothering people who have no interest, or just plain don't want to be bothered.
I strictly call businesses, not residential numbers or cell phones. If I find a number on my list that turns out to be a cell phone, I see that it's removed, and research a way to contact that person at their place of business, if they're interested in further contact. Some people will say "Call me at my office," and give you their office number. Others will simply ask not to be called again, or say they're not interested. Some will even scream like a child, and slam down the phone. That too qualifies (at least in my book) as someone who doesn't wish to be bothered, and wants to be removed from the list.
I know about the TCPA of 1992, and how that mandates the "Do Not Call" list policies. It doesn't really have a lot of affect on my end of things. Those records are kept by the company I work for, and are handled internally at their end.
Also, when you say that "MJ can produce records for calls that don't show up in one's online call log," does that mean they can "doctor" their records to reflect whatever may be convenient for them? I download my call log on a regular basis, specifically to keep track of my usage. The whole point of having a call log in the first place is so that one can keep track of the calls that were made or received on that particular number or device.
So, that tells me that if a call is not in my call log, then it was never made or received at my end. If I download my log, and hypothetically speaking, say it shows a total of 1:53:24 of calls, and they come to me and say "Oh, no. You've actually used 7:24:53," that's an issue I'm going to have a big problem with.
For example, hypothetically again, that I were using Verizon or Sprint for a landline phone. If they provided me with a call log that showed a given amount of used time, and them tried to bill me for double that, saying "Oh, I'm sorry. Some of those calls don't show on your online log, but we expect to be paid for them." We'd be having a *real* problem there. Like, a problem involving lawyers and the FCC and the FTC.
Any advice, anyone?
