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 DIVISIONS: 
 PROFESSIONAL 
 COLLECTION  SERVICE 


 August  31,  2005  JUDGMENT 
 RECOVERY  SERVICE 


 Office  of  the  Secretary  Attn:  OC80 
 Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  Street  SW 


 Washington,  DC  20554 
 (507)  345-  3453 
 (800)  658-  7092 
 FAX  (507)  387-  8239 


 www.  professionalsystems.  com 


 360  PIERCE  AVE./  SUITE  100 
 P.  O.  BOX  2000 
 N.  MANKA  TO.  MN  56003 


 Re:  Revising  the  TCPA  (Telephone  Consumer  Protection 
 Act) 


 Dear  Sir  or  Madam: 
 Our  firm  handles  debt  collection  for  business  and 
 professional  firms  regionally  in  Minnesota.  While  we  are  not  a  large  employer,  we  are  typical  of  many  collection 


 agencies  -small,  yet  effective  and  economicallyimportant. 


 We  have  been  in  business  since  1959  and  have  seen  many 
 changes  in  this  industry.  One  of  the  most  glaring 
 changes  is  in  the  telecommunications  area.  A  new 
 generation  is  moving  from  land  lines  to  cellular 
 telephones. 


 When  the  TCPA  was  written,  it  did  not  anticipate  that  the 
 new  telephone  communication  of  choice  will  be  cellular 
 service.  There  are  normal  and  necessary  business 
 communications  that  should  not  be  restricted  simply  because  a  person  chooses  to  have  a  cellular  phone  as 


 their  contact.  A  FCC  ruling  restricting  predictive 
 dialers  to  contact  debtors  who  have  a  business 
 relationship  is  a  disservice  to  creditors  and  consumers  in  general. 


 ACA  INTERNATIONAL  The  Association  of  Credit 
 and  Collection  Professionals 
 Member 
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 Please  consider  us  in  a  normal  course  of  business  trying 
 to  contact  a  debtor  who  owes  a  creditor.  Are  we 
 licensed,  professional,  ethical  and  just  in  our  work? 
 The  answer  is  a  resounding  Yes! 


 Please  make  all  efforts  to  restate  your  position  to  allow  p  redi  cti  ve  di  ale  rs  to  contact  debto  rs...  be  it  1  and  1  i  nes  0  r 
 cellular  lines  (it  is  the  debtor's  choice,  not  ours). 
 Thank  you  for  your  consideration 


 \  .?  Z:~..~  tl~  C..  Ji  Gary  D.  Roberts 


 President 
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