filePro connect to phone line and dial a voice line

[Kenneth Brody]

On 5/22/2014 11:10 AM, Fairlight wrote:
> My suggestion is to check the actual laws.  If you hit even one mobile
> phone this way, it's illegal.
>
> http://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/policy/TCPA-Rules.pdf
>
> That's a good starting point.  There are additional state laws in many
> jurisdictions.

Question:

47 USC 227(a)(1)(A)

     [The term "automatic telephone dialing system" means...]

     to store or produce telephone numbers to be called, using a random
     or sequential number generator

Does manually bringing up a record on a computer screen and clicking "dial" 
fall under the definition of "automatic telephone dialing system", as 
prohibited in 227(b)(1)(A)?

IANAL, but my thinking would be "no, it's no different than using a phone's 
'speed dial' feature".

> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:30:38AM -0400, daN baueR thus spoke:
>> You were complaining about it being too quiet. I've got a question/project.
>>
>> The server in question is an old IBM running AIX with a very old
>> version of filePro and Facetwin on a few old PC's. The application in
>> question is a very simple flat file that contains names and phone
>> numbers for all the residents of two apartment buildings. They'd like
>> to be able to pull up an apartment check the name hit a button/key and
>> have the phone number automatically dialed by the computer. I have
>> basically no access to the server. I understand this could be done
>> with Anzio and a simple modem in each PC but I haven't gotten
>> permission or access for that. Any other suggestions? Thanks in
>> advance for your assistance.

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Kenneth Brody