Central Texas TeleCommunications

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TEXAS NO-CALL REGISTRY Consumers in Texas may also register with Texas No-Call, which prevents telephone solicitations to residential and wireless phone numbers from all telemarketers operating in Texas. Consumers may register for the Texas No-Call list in one of two ways: 1. Online at http://www.texasnocall.com for instant registration. Utilize this easy, automated method to speed your registration. The site is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Online registration is now free. 2. To register by mail, use the printable registration form and mail to: TEXAS NO CALL 100 Summer Street Suite 800 Boston, MA 02110 There is no charge to register your residential or wireless number on the statewide "Do-Not-Call List." Your number(s) will remain on the list for three years. Texas consumers may want to consider registering with the National Do-Not-Call Registry since it covers national telemarketers and the Texas No-Call affects only telemarketers operating in Texas. The National and the Texas No-Call lists do not prevent all telemarketing calls from being received once a consumer is registered. Both registries contain exemptions on who can continue to telemarket consumers. To obtain this information in Spanish, please contact our business office at 325-648-2237 or 800-535-8904. Si usted quisiera obtener esta informacion en español, favor de comunicarse con nuestra oficina de negocios a 325-648-2237 or 800-535-8904. ANNOYANCE AND THREATENING CALLS If you receive a threatening call, report it immediately to the police. If you receive obscene or prank calls, follow these suggestions: 1. Hang Up • At the first obscene word. • If the caller doesn't say anything the second time you say hello.

2. Give no information • Such as name, address, or telephone number. • Such as the fact that you are alone until the caller has been identified. 3. Advise Children • To give no information to strangers. • That if you are not home they should say "Mother/Daddy can't come to the phone right now". 4. If calls persist • Call the police department first. • Call the Business Office at 1-800-535-8904 or 325-648-2237 Section 42.07 of the Penal Code of the State of Texas makes it unlawful for any person (1) to use vulgar, profane, obscene, or indecent language in a communication by telephone, (2) by telephone; to threaten to take unlawful action against anyone, or (3) to place telephone calls anonymously at unreasonable hours in an offensive or repetitious manner, if in doing any of these acts the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly, annoys or alarms, or intends to annoy or alarm, the recipient. Violation of this law is punishable by a fine up to $1,000, or confinement up to 180 days in jail, or both.

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