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Re: Nuisance calls
As someone has stated, these nuisance calls are the equivalent of knocking on your door. More accurately, they are the equivalent of knocking on every door in the street and talking with only the first person who comes to the door. If you were to do that literally and repeatedly, you'd expect to be subject of an ASBO, if not a fine or, ultimately, a custodial sentence.
For those same and obvious reasons, ringing a lot of people's telephones all at once is indeed illegal. The trouble is, the "out of area" nuisance calls persist because they are beyond national jurisdiction. They are international crime.
Personally, I suspect that the telephone service providers are or could be technically capable of preventing the crime, and I'm sure that they will, just as soon as our national legislation obliges them to do so.
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