A rate increase proposed by the Federal Trade Commission for industry access to the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry could take effect Sept. 1. The move would amend the Telemarketing Sales Rule and change the fee scale.
The agency wants to boost the annual fee per area code from $56 to $62. The maximum yearly charge for accessing 280 or more area codes would rise to $17,050. Under the proposal, access to the registry would remain free for the first five area codes.
Telemarketers must match their files to the FTC’s registry every 31 days to purge any telephone numbers listed there. About 123 million numbers currently are on the registry.
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