Fees for do-not-call registry access to increase

WASHINGTON -- Aug. 10, 2006 -- Effective Sept. 1, 2006, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will increase fees for access to the federal Do-Not-Call Registry.


For individual area codes in excess of the five free codes, the fee will jump from $56 to $62. For access to the entire registry that accesses all national area codes, the fee will increase from $15,400 to $17,050.



The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) voiced its opposition to the fee increase in a May 2006 comment letter. The FTC quoted heavily from the NAR letter in its rule-making. Nevertheless, the FTC chose to retain its system because it's less costly to administer than a system that accounts for the size of a business in determining eligibility for free or reduced cost access to the registry, as some had proposed. The FTC will once again review its policy next year.



The final rule issued by the FTC can be viewed online at: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2006/07/P034305TSRFeesFinalRuleFRNotice.pdf