7:57 AM
I've been incredibly happy with the drop in telemarketing calls I've received since the Wisconsin Do Not Call List went active last fall. Now you can sign up for the national version, which the FTC will begin enforcing October 1.

(Note that the first link, to the FTC's website, appears to be swamped today by people signing up. You might want to just read the story behind the second link for now and sign up sometime next week. Alternately, if you live west of the Mississippi you could try signing up by phone at 1-888-382-1222.)

UPDATE: It's being reported that 1000 people per second are signing up for the list. Which explains why the website is still generally unavailable. Perhaps they should just change it to a "Please Call" list. I think they'd be better able to handle the 1 call per day they'd be getting