The Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed a bill prohibiting telemarketers from making "dead calls" to consumers, according to wire service reports. Dead calls occur when a telemarketer uses equipment that dials and engages more than one telephone number at a time. The first customer to answer is connected to the seller, but the remaining customers hearing nothing when they answer the phone.
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives has passed a bill prohibiting telemarketers from making "dead calls" to consumers, according to wire service reports.
Dead calls occur when a telemarketer uses equipment that dials and engages more than one telephone number at a time. The first customer to answer is connected to the seller, but the remaining customers hearing nothing when they answer the phone.
Authored by Rep. Fred Perry (R-Tulsa), HB-2837 was approved by the House Energy and Utility Regulation committee last month (DIRECT Newsline, Feb. 6). It must now be passed by the Senate.
