Disconnected numbers stay on do-not-call list State works with phone companies to devise system for taking numbers off The Associated Press May 28, 2004 0 ...

The Federal Communications Commission adopts rules for its new database aimed at reducing the number of unwanted calls to reassigned phone numbers. Each year, approximately 35 million telephone ...

Then, companies that call consumers as part of their business can, for a small fee, cross-reference their list of telephone numbers against the database to determine if any numbers have been ...

Wrong or disconnected numbers are also a headache. Roberson said that of about 1,600 coronavirus cases in the islands over a two-week period in September, just over 40% couldn’t be reached.

The federal do-not-call list, which went into effect Oct. 17, automatically removes all telephone numbers that have been disconnected.