It also states:
The abandoned call safe harbor provides that a telemarketer will not face enforcement action for violating the call abandonment prohibition if the telemarketer:
- uses technology that ensures abandonment of no more than three percent of all calls answered by a live person, measured over the duration of a single calling campaign, if less than 30 days, or separately over each successive 30-day period or portion thereof that the campaign continues.
- allows the telephone to ring for 15 seconds or four rings before disconnecting an unanswered call.
- plays a recorded message stating the name and telephone number of the seller on whose behalf the call was placed whenever a live sales representative is unavailable within two seconds of a live person answering the call.
- maintains records documenting adherence to the three requirements above.
I may be interpreting the above wrong, but this seems to infer that by playing a message stating the name and phone number of who is calling would prevent the call from being considered a compliance abandon even if not connected to a live agent within 2 seconds as long as the message itself plays within the 2 seconds of being answered?
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Cody Herr
Customer Care Unit Manager
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-07-2025 20:44
From: Robert Wakefield-Carl
Subject: Compliance Abandon Rate
According to FTC regulations, state:
Outbound abandon rate, also known as abandonment rate, measurest the percentage of calls answered by humans that are abandoned. FTC regulations require that a campaign's abandon rate be no more than 3% over a 30 day period, or over the course of the campaign (if shorter than 30 days).
An abandoned call is one that does not connect the consumer to a sales representative within two seconds of the consumer answering the phone. This may vary by state.
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Robert Wakefield-Carl
ttec Digital
Sr. Director - Innovation Architects
Robert.WC@ttecdigital.com
https://www.ttecDigital.com
https://RobertWC.Blogspot.com
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