The state law would have been tougher and easier to enforce. Telephone hucksters don't care. MCI Worldcom said the bill was anti-competitive. Worldcom objected that SB 93 did not apply to charities and other non-profits. Saltman said that provision is unfair, adding that telemarketing is a legitimate business practice.
Many people prefer to conduct business over the phone.
And many people don't. Insurance companies also denounced the bill. Even the newspaper industry initially opposed the bill. Ed Otte, executive director of the Colorado Press Association, said one-fourth of the state's newspapers sell subscriptions via phone. The papers worried that the bill would have prevented them from calling new residents, who are legion.