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For anyone that's ever thought about cold calling consumers you've probably looked into making sure you're DNC compliant. While most list brokers will scrub a list for you, it's important to know that you are still required to have a SAN. In fact, according to donotcall.gov you could still be found liable for fines even if you called people that weren't on the DNC, unless you have a SAN. For those that don't know what a SAN is, it's a number you get from the government that gives you access to the DNC list, it's a "Subscriber Account Number". You can register for one here: https://telemarketing.donotcall.gov/
You get up to five area codes for free, but after that you have to pay around $60/ area code. This all needs to be done annually.
Again, it's important to remember that no matter where you got your list, it's your obligation to get a SAN in order to be compliant. In order to scrub your list you can use that account to download the list. You can use a free tool a company put together to run the scrubs yourself, the software can be found at Predictive Dialers System, Mortgage Automatic Dialer, Make My Calls. I don't know how long they'll be providing it, but it's a great tool and you can't beat the price.
You get up to five area codes for free, but after that you have to pay around $60/ area code. This all needs to be done annually.
Again, it's important to remember that no matter where you got your list, it's your obligation to get a SAN in order to be compliant. In order to scrub your list you can use that account to download the list. You can use a free tool a company put together to run the scrubs yourself, the software can be found at Predictive Dialers System, Mortgage Automatic Dialer, Make My Calls. I don't know how long they'll be providing it, but it's a great tool and you can't beat the price.