The U.S. Federal Trade Commission released the fiscal year 2019 fees for telemarketers obtaining phone numbers from the National Do Not Call Registry. Telemarketers will pay $63 for yearlong access to any phone numbers in the registry within a single area code, paying up to $17,406 for all codes around the U.S., up from $17,021 in FY 2018. Any telemarketer calling citizens in the U.S. needs to possess the numbers to ensure they do not call anyone who is registered, getting their first five area codes for free, while exempt organizations can receive the entire list for no cost.
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