Last I looked, it was against OFTEL regulations (maybe OFCOM has different ideas) to phone someone up and play a recorded message at them unless they'd explicitly and specifically opted in.
I remember this in the context of Tango having the bright idea of instead phoning public call boxes and playing an advertisement at them — OFTEL reluctantly admitted this was allowed, but asked that Tango cease and desist in order to save them the hassle of banning it. (-8
I can see this gimmick backfiring extremely badly. "They claimed the scheme, inspired by hi-tech polling used by the Democrats in the US, had been favourably received by half of those targeted in pilots featuring the voice of the former party leader Lord Ashdown.", indeed? I wonder how "favourably"; I note they don't state how incandescent with outrage the other half were.
Certainly, I'm very cross with the LibDems right now for a variety of reasons, many a little more substantive than that. Can we have an SNP candidate in Cambridge, please?
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Date: 2008-09-18 11:05 am (UTC)I remember this in the context of Tango having the bright idea of instead phoning public call boxes and playing an advertisement at them — OFTEL reluctantly admitted this was allowed, but asked that Tango cease and desist in order to save them the hassle of banning it. (-8
I can see this gimmick backfiring extremely badly. "They claimed the scheme, inspired by hi-tech polling used by the Democrats in the US, had been favourably received by half of those targeted in pilots featuring the voice of the former party leader Lord Ashdown.", indeed? I wonder how "favourably"; I note they don't state how incandescent with outrage the other half were.
Certainly, I'm very cross with the LibDems right now for a variety of reasons, many a little more substantive than that. Can we have an SNP candidate in Cambridge, please?