DNCL complaints jump as number registrations slow in 2015-16: report

OTTAWA – Complaints over the National Do Not Call List spiked 13% as DNCL registrations hit 13,186,585, says the CRTC’s annual report released Friday.During the 2015-2016 reporting period, from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016, Canadians registered 294,115 numbers for their landlines, mobile phones, and fax machines, an average of over 805 numbers per day. That’s down from the same period in 2014-15 when Canadians registered 589,286 numbers, averaging 1,600 new numbers every day.In addition to registering their numbers on the National DNCL, Canadians filed complaints with the National DNCL operator by phone or an online form on the National DNCL...