The Washington Times reports that the FTC will offer a Plan B on Do Not Call tomorrow.
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris will propose an alternative to the national Do Not Call Registry tomorrow so consumers may block unsolicited telemarketing calls, sources close to the dispute said yesterday.
Officials at the regulatory agency declined to confirm they had plans for an alternative to the do-not-call list, but Mr. Muris said he would seek every recourse to give consumers "a choice to stop unwanted telemarketing calls."
The alternative that Mr. Muris will propose is an acknowledgement that legal issues surrounding the national registry won't be resolved by Wednesday, when the list was supposed to take effect.
I've suggested my own alternative, others have suggested total telemarketing bans. We shall see tomorrow, I guess.
Your alternative is best, and in fact seems almost invited by the decision. I would not be surprised at all to see it implemented by the FTC.
Posted by: Patterico at September 28, 2003 01:47 PM