On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:52:50 GMT, "Freedom Fighter" <liberty@once.net>
wrote:

>Approximately 3 years ago I had a problem with what appeared to be
>deliberate harassment hang-up calls to my home (landline) phone number.
>
>The calls were found to be from Verizon, and were being made for
>telemarketing purposes. I received these calls even though I was, and still
>am, on the state telemarketing "do not call" list. I am a Verizon customer,

Yet, you posted this to a Verizon *Wireless* group.

>so they may have been entitled to call me for business purposes. When
>contacted, Verizon told me that their computer makes the calls and then
>hangs up under certain circumstances, thus causing my answering machine to
>record no message. This was happening a few times a day, and clearly
>constituted HARASSMENT. I told them this, and that they should change their
>calling methods.

Just because you think it is harassment doesn't make it so. What
matters is your state's laws. Did you bother to research what
constitutes harassment in your state?

>I demanded that the calls stop, and was told I would be placed on Verizon's
>"do not call" list, but that it would take a few weeks to do this. Finally,
>the hang-up calls stopped. However, THESE CALLS RECENTLY BEGAN AGAIN, the
>same as the last time, despite my supposedly being on their list of
>customers NOT to be called. Today I used the *69 service to discover that
>Verizon (309-820-9933) was again the source of these unwanted calls. I
>called this source number, and again was told I would be placed on their "do
>not call" list and it would take some time for this to be in effect.
>
>I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE FCC for the purposes of:
>1) Punishing this arrogant corperation for its repeated harassment and
>disregard for and invasion of my privacy.
>2) Assuring I will NOT be charged for my call to *69 and any other expenses
>incurred as a result of Verizon's actions.
>3) Assuring that I will NEVER receive another telemarketing call from
>Verizon under any circumstances.

You didn't read the Federal DNC law very well, did you?