"bealoid" wrote in message
news:Xns9A6E928CDE464YAsfKJXSTO@194.117.143.53...
> "M.I.5¾" wrote in
> news:47ea42fb_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net:
>
> [snip]
>
>> If the call originates from abroad, the TPS has no jurisdiction and
>> offers no protection. Calls from abroad rarely leave a number with
>> 1471.
>
> Define "originates from abroad" - if the person requesting the call be
> made
> is in the UK then they very much are under TPS regs, even if the calls are
> being made from abroad.
In the example cited by the OP, the call has originated from overseas and is
apparently not from a UK based company.
Even if it was, the TPS is basically toothless. All it does is include
statistics about complaints to OFCOM who don't do anything either.
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