SMS polling firm complies with do-not-call requests

By June Watanabe

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 11, 2013

~~<p>Question: We have registered our home phone number with the national Do Not Call registry, although we sporadically get telemarketing calls. Recently we have gotten calls from SMS Research, the first time, about 6:30 to 7 p.m. We told them we weren’t interested and politely asked them not to call us back. We go to bed early, so it was disturbing to get a call about a week later about 8:45 p.m. It turned out to be SMS again. My wife again asked that we not be called again, and the girl said, “I can call back any time I want,” and hung up. Is it legally their right to keep calling even after we ask them to stop? Are they supposed to call that late?</p>
<p>Answer: The federal Do Not Call Registry has restrictions on most telemarketing calls, but it does not cover specific kinds of calls.</p>
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Question: We have registered our home phone number with the national Do Not Call registry, although we sporadically get telemarketing calls. Recently we have gotten calls from SMS Research, the first time, about 6:30 to 7 p.m. We told them we weren’t interested and politely asked them not to call us back. We go to bed early, so it was disturbing to get a call about a week later about 8:45 p.m. It turned out to be SMS again. My wife again asked that we not be called again, and the girl said, “I can call back any time I want,” and hung up. Is it legally their right to keep calling even after we ask them to stop? Are they supposed to call that late?

Answer: The federal Do Not Call Registry has restrictions on most telemarketing calls, but it does not cover specific kinds of calls. Login for more...