Thank you for your words of support, JonJ - you posted while I was writing my reply (and doing some other things...). It is illegal in the US too. I'm not an expert on these issues, but I read the BBB (Better Business Beurau) info about the issue, and what I'm saying is based on the info on their site, and their quotes of the federal laws (from the FCC documents).

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