Telemarketers Face Slight Fee Increase to Access FTC National Do Not Call Registry
Most annual fees for telemarketers accessing phone numbers on the FTC’s National Do Not Call Registry will increase “slightly” for fiscal 2021, the agency announced Wednesday with a proposed Federal Register notice. Telemarketers would pay $66 for yearly access to…
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registry “numbers in a single area code,” an increase of $1 from 2020, the agency said. The max charge for entities accessing all area codes nationwide will increase from $17,765 to $18,044 in 2021. Telemarketers will pay $33, an increase from $32 in 2020, to access “an additional area code for a half year,” the FTC said. The commission voted 3-0-2, with Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Christine Wilson not voting. Slaughter is on maternity leave and Wilson is on temporary medical leave, a spokesperson said.