Dish network gets slapped ...

[littlewolf]

http://sportact.net/dish-not-call-federal-judge-clobbers-dish-telemarketing-violations-6691-2015/

this needs to happen more ...

According to the Federal Trade Commission, Dish Network violated the “Do Not Call” registry tens of millions of times. Even phone numbers on the company’s internal do-not-call list received prerecorded telemarketing messages pitching satellite television programming and services.

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A federal judge issued a partial summary judgment, making the finding that those calls violated federal rules, but left open such questions as what potential penalty the satellite-TV provider could face. Penalties for violating the Telemarketing Sales Rule can be up to $16,000 for each instance.
A trial is set for July in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois. The government first lodged a complaint against Dish in 2009.

[Archae]

1. When will they do something about "Heather from card services?"

It shows up on my caller ID as "consumer services."

They get fined, they might even shut down.
Then they start it back up again.

And I've read they offer nothing whatsoever we can already get for free.

[catrose]

2. I've never heard from Dish

but Heather calls practically every day...now it's spread to my cell phone too.

[PoliticAverse]

3. I thought it was 'Rachel from cardholder servcices"...

http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2012/11/ftc-leads-joint-law-enforcement-effort-against-companies