Coming Soon To A Cell Phone Near You

CREDO Action has a new petition that they are circulating on-line that I believe is worth your consideration. Here is the text:

"A bill being considered by the House Energy and Commerce Committee would end 20 years of consumer protection preventing marketers from endlessly calling your cell phone--and using up minutes that you pay for.

This proposed legislation is so far-reaching that Sen. Chuck Schumer said that if it passes, "The floodgates would be open to telemarketers, who could call you on your cell phone during breakfast, lunch, dinner, no matter if you're at home, at school, at the office."

Our best chance to stop the bill is in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. If we can prevent the bill from coming to a full House vote, we can effectively kill it and preserve the traditional protections consumers enjoy from intrusive and unwanted robocalls to their cell phone."

I have Verizon Wireless (don't take this as an endorsement) and they give their customers the option of blocking up to five numbers. That will certainly not be enough if this bill is allowed to go through.

I told the members of the Energy and Commerce Committee to oppose any bill that would give corporations virtually free rein to call cell phones. You should too. You can sign the petition at the link below.

Add your name to this petition - CLICK HERE.