4,836 DNC complaints — 441 per 100,000. Rhode Island and Delaware were the only declines in the country. That is not the same thing as the calls stopping. A small state with a falling complaint rate is exactly where callers hide.
Federal floor: TCPA $500 / $1,500.
Rhode Island layer:
- State Deceptive Trade Practices Act and telemarketing rules; AG enforcement.
- No Florida-style private $500 mini-TCPA. The per-call private claim is the TCPA.
- Rhode Island signed the 49-AG FCC letters.
What changed: The complaint dip. Do not read it as victory. Read it as fewer people reporting.
Left on the table: 4,836 × $500 ≈ $2.4 million. × $1,500 ≈ $7.3 million.
Register at donotcall.gov. Report to the Rhode Island AG consumer protection unit. Use the Rhode Island Playbook.
This is a Q3 2026 TeleJustice Academy quarterly law update. Figures: YouMail Robocall Index (estimated volume); 2025 DNC complaint counts and per-capita rates from the FTC Data Book cycle. “Money left on the table” is complaint count × TCPA statutory minimums — an illustration, not a prediction. Robocall indexes include legal recorded calls. Only documented illegal calls and texts support a claim. Educational only. Not legal advice. TeleJustice Academy is not a law firm. Protect the file: donotcall.gov · state list where one exists · call log with date, time, number · screenshots · your state Playbook at telejusticeacademy.com and telejusticepro.com.