filePro connect to phone line and dial a voice line

[Fairlight]

I've seen documents which say it applies to speed dial...which I think
carries it a bit far.

But taking the speed dial thing out of it...  Depends how you define
sequential number generator.  If you mean generating 6105551212,
6105551213, etc., then no, probably not.  If you mean generate a list of
numbers sequentially for auto-dialing, as retrieved from a database, then
yes.

Welcome to the wonderful world of legalese and ambiguously written legal
language.  They manage to be both too explicit and too broad in the same
stroke.

Key thing, though...is if you're on auto-dialing, I believe you are
obligated to honour the state and federal do not call lists.  I leave it as
an exercise to the implementor to make sure they're compliant.

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On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:32:08AM -0400, Kenneth Brody thus spoke:
> 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.
> 
> -- 
> Kenneth Brody
> 

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