FTC PUBLISHES FINAL RULE REVISING FEES TO ACCESS
NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY

The Federal Trade Commission issued its final rule revising the fees charged to entities accessing the National Do Not Call Registry. The rule will become effective September 1, 2005.

The commission's final rule revises the fee structure so that entities will be required to pay $56 per area code, or $15, 400 for any entity accessing 280 area codes or more. Entities will still be able to obtain the first five areacodes of data at no cost and exempt entities may still access the Registry for free. Telemarketiers are required to renew their subscriptions tot he Do Not Call Registry once a year, and must remove registered numbers form their call lists once every 31 days. The Do Not Call Web site for telemarketers - http://www.telemarketing.donotcall.gov will inform them their subscription account numbers expire and give them renewal instructions.

Source: Melissa Robinson - The DMA