I’m hearing that this is a good time to renew your registrations on the national “do not call” lists. Does it work? I signed up the first time I heard about it, many years ago, and since then I can only recall a single telemarketer phone call to a personal line or cell-phone.

The blurb at the National Do Not Call Registry website reads:

The National Do Not Call Registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls at home. Most telemarketers should not call your number once it has been on the registry for 31 days. If they do, you can file a complaint at this Website. You can register your home or mobile phone for free. Your registration will be effective for five years.

Sounds good to me.