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For Release:
June 27, 2003
Do Not Call Registrations
Exceed 10 Million
Since the Do Not
Call Registry was launched on Friday, June 27, consumers have
registered more than 10 million telephone numbers. “Consumer
response has been enthusiastic,” commented Federal Trade
Commission Chairman Timothy J. Muris. “The highest sustained
system access we’ve seen occurred Friday evening between
6 p.m. and 7 p.m. EDT when an average of 158 telephone numbers
were entered into the system per second.”
On Friday, seven
million telephone numbers were logged into the system; Saturday
the number slowed to 4.6 million; and Sunday the number was
two million. The majority, 85 percent of the registrations,
have occurred online – a process that requires consumers
to confirm and complete their registrations by clicking on
their Do Not Call confirmation e-mail. Currently, more than
three million consumers have sent a registration request to
www.donotcall.gov but have not clicked on the response e-mail
and confirmed their registration. Consumers are reminded that
to register their numbers with the Do Not Call Registry, they
must finish the registration process.
Media
Contact:
Cathy MacFarlane
Office of Public Affairs
202-326-2710
(http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/06/dncregistration.htm)
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