phishtaper Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 (edited) ... that the Canadian Do Not Call List goes online. Sign up here but be patient ... it's gonna be busy. Edited January 25, 2009 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 "the service is not available. please try again later." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 I registered my number in under a minute. Do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 wow, can't get thru at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Phone and internet are both too busy.I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Phone and internet are both too busy.I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Website, phone lines for do-not-call list overwhelmed Last Updated: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | 10:31 AM ET CBC News So many people are trying to register their phone numbers on the federal do-not-call list, the website has crashed and the phone lines have a constant busy tone.Commenters to CBCNews.ca expressed frustration at not being able to get through, but not all of them were surprised at the breakdown."It appears the do-not-call registry site was so popular it brought down their server. I am getting … page cannot be displayed errors," wrote Alienc, of Riverview, N.B."Great idea but [too] bad the DNC registry website is unavailable.…Typical," wrote VACMAN, of Nova Scotia.The popularity of the list was not unexpected. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has projected that of Canada's 27 million residential phone lines, which include cellphone numbers, 16 million would be on the do-not-call list within two years.However, it's possible the CRTC didn't expect millions to try to join the list in the first week. The CRTC confirmed the website went live at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, and about 200,000 people were able to register before it crashed eight or nine hours later.Bell Canada, which is responsible for operating the list, is trying to get the website back up, but there are no time projections as to when that will be. The CRTC's advice is to wait a day or two and try again.Two polls yesterday suggested that between 60 per cent and 72 per cent of Canadians surveyed said they intended to add their phone number to the list.The CRTC has not yet returned calls by CBCNews.ca on the issue.At least one commenter to CBCNews.ca questioned why the federal government couldn't build a website that could handle the high traffic."Come on people! With a national list everybody wants to be on being promoted on the airways as starting today, did you honestly think their servers would be able to handle the millions of hits it was bound to get today," wrote Dmiddle, of Winnipeg."I knew from the get go that this was going to happen, so I have no plans to sign up for at least a couple weeks."Besides, they had to have known this would happen. So why weren't they prepared? But it's a government program, so why should we expect they would anticipate the logical outcome of such a start. If they had just allowed people to register starting, oh say a couple months ago, with the knowledge that it would not become effective until today, people wouldn't have been in such a mad rush the moment the doors opened. Sheesh!!!!" wrote DMiddle.Not surprisingly, conspiracy theories, humorous or otherwise, are already developing about the "true" reason people cannot register."The corporate welfare bums have hacked the website and knocked it out of service," wrote McWal_Job, of Athabasca, Alta."Don't try to register for the DNCL... the website just shut down and the phone lines don't work! I guess the CRTC has put themselves on the list!" wrote Lorne Bellamy, of Bradford, Ont.People can register their phone numbers in two ways. They can sign up online at LNNTE-DNCL.gc.ca or call the toll-free numbers 1-866-580-3625 or 1-888-362-5889 (for the hearing impaired). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Still works fine for me. Try the direct link to the registration form:https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/insnum-regnum-eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 I just got through (12:50). I was able to enter my number, but I can't "confirm" it yet by entering the image of a word to prove you are human.Anyway, here's the direct link to the page for entering your number:https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/insnum-regnum-eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Yeah that works for me to Ollie until it asks for the security password, then they are experiencing technical difficulties and ask me to call them.There's no rush I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 This "Do Not Call" list is bullshit. I'd prefer a system where your phone number is on a do not call list by default. People who'd like to receive calls from telemarketers can then register. The first politician who campaigns with this idea would have my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hux Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Nice to see some Liberal policy from a few years ago bear fruit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 This "Do Not Call" list is bullshit. I'd prefer a system where your phone number is on a do not call list by default. People who'd like to receive calls from telemarketers can then register. The first politician who campaigns with this idea would have my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 wow, they really don't know how to handle the traffic. I think they're just deleting pages in panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LXQ42 Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 Did our home # and cell #'s in under 5 minutes...just have to be patient, and if the page will not display, just go to the previous one and try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 wow, they really don't know how to handle the traffic. I think they're just deleting pages in panic.I blame Harper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm Posted September 30, 2008 Report Share Posted September 30, 2008 (edited) I wish it were a law. I don't understand how that many people can't just get together and push something into law. I'm sure that if 16 million people in canada sign a petition that asks for telemarketing to be banned, it would be (how could it not). ~16,000,000 million people want to stop telemarketing (going by 1 person per residential line, not including cell phones)14,845,680 million people go out to vote (2006 federal election)More people care about stopping telemarketing than do about voting for the next prime minister, hehehehe Edited September 30, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted October 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 done, in less than a minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 done, in less than a minute That's what she said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted October 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 done' date=' in less than a minute [/quote']That's what she said. and then your mother lit us each a cigarette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 It went really smooth today, no problems. (that's what Davey Boy's mom said) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 ::adds Schwa to The List:: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Worked, for me for both home and cell phone. But to be honest this isn't really that terrific. Newspapers can still call, anyone whith whom you are already a client can call (this is my biggest sourse of calls in the first place) and campaigners can still call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 Just a reminder that you can ask any telemarketer who calls to put you on their own do not call list. It has worked for me with the Ottawa Sun, Citizen, Bell and Rogers. It also has the effect of ending the call without having to say "No" a half dozen times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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