Yesterday, officials at the Federal Trade Commission announced the largest civil penalty ever for violations of the Do Not Call rule...a $5.34 million settlement with DirecTV.
The National Do Not Call Registry came into effect in October of 2003. Since then more than 110 million phone numbers (wired and wireless phones) have been registered.
One of the questions that I have had, since the implementation of the DNC Registry...is what type of households are signing up for this thing? In a fairly recent study by researchers at UC Berkeley, one can draw certain conclusions. Households with income in excess of $100,000 have a higher propensity to sign up. So do households with post-graduate education. Senior citizens are more likely to sign up. The same can be said for households with mortgages.
In sum, it looks like the most likely registrants for the DNC Registry...are the most likely prospects for financial services.
During the '80s and '90s, many "stockbrokers" and financial advisors built their business through cold-calling on the telephone. With the DNC Registry, it has become obvious that this is no longer a viable means to connect with affluent households.
With the total population of US households now at 105 million, I wonder how long it will take before every residence and cell phone has signed up to say...Do Not Call Us?!
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