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Joint Photographic Experts Group - http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?site=lightreading&doc_id=58987Primus Telecommunications Group Inc., an up-and-coming player in theVOIP market, is blaming its telemarketing troubles on an Indiancompany it hired to handle telephone sales.Yesterday the carrier agreed to pay $400,000 to the U.S. government toend an investigation into its telemarketing practices. Theinvestigation centered around whether the McLean, Va.-based telephoneand data services provider illegally called consumers who wereregistered in the national do-not-call database.The FCC began to investigate Primus, a division of PrimusTelecommunications Group, on December 17 after receiving dozens ofconsumer complaints.The FCC probe revolved around Primus division International ConsumerMarketing, which used telemarketing to sign up 40 percent of itslong-distance customers. Spokeswoman Gerry Simone says these salesrepresent only about 2 percent of Primus' total revenues.She blames the alleged violations of the do-not-call rules on SpancoTelesystems & Solutions Ltd. in India, a company Primus hired lastyear to solicit prospective customers for its long-distance telephoneservice. She says Primus severed its contract with Spanco thefollowing day and no longer uses telemarketing in the United States.In its consent decree released Tuesday, the FCC said Primus would makea voluntary payment of $400,000 to the U.S. Treasury and adopt toughertraining policies for its customer representatives.Primus, like other long-distance telephone providers, is leaning onVOIP to stay afloat in an increasingly competitive market. A big chunkof Primus' revenues has come from selling cheap long-distanceservices, especially for international calling.Full story at:http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?site=lightreading&doc_id=58987How to Distribute VoIP Throughout a Home:http://michigantelephone.mi.org/distribute.htmlIf you live in Michigan, subscribe to the MI-Telecom group:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MI-Telecom/
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