The National Do Not Call Registry has opened for online registrations at donotcall.gov.  If you’re already on a state do not call list, there is a possibility that your number will be automatically added to the national registry.  This is decided on a state-by-state basis.  The list of states and their decision on this can be found here.  I discovered that Texas will not be automatically adding people to the national registry.

Of course, the registry was mentioned on Slashdot this morning, so the server is being pounded into a pulp right now (i.e. it’s experiencing a thorough “slashdotting”, which is kind of like an Instalanche to the third power).