Don't pick up for an unknown name or number. If you know the caller but they aren't identified or if it is someone trying to reach you, they will leave a message. Whatever it costs, it is worth it, trust me. In the wake of the killing of the Colorado no-call list bill in the House, correspondence with several of the culprits involved has led me to believe that there is a desire to draft legislation to curtail telemarketing activity in our state. What they are interested in is a total cessation of telemarketing activity.
Telemarketing is a new problem.
It is not something that is inseparable from provision of telephone service. The cure is elimination of telemarketing. There are so many ways that the advertising message is conveyed to people. We as a state, a nation and a society can do without telemarketing. I strongly suggest that legislators put their efforts into working to end telemarketing in Colorado, that they close the door to telemarketers at the border.