The number (416) 493-7703 is being displayed in the calling ID by Nanos Research. Simply send John Nanos an email stating that you dont like the way his company is making the calls and that it is in violation of the CRTC policy's and procedures setup for telemarketers.

Nanos Research Toronto
John Nanos
Senior Vice President, Nanos Research
(416) 493-1965 ext.223
jnanos @ nanosresearch.com

Also file an official CRTC complaint here.
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/RapidsCCM/warning.asp?page=TelemarkEng.htm&lang=E#

Dave Wilson
davew @ nbnet.nb.ca

Somebody call me from this number, I answered and nobady talks...called back the same number and its busy,,,weird...

SUCCESS! (I hope)

I tried David Wilson's advice (see post from April 15th) and received a response from the company.  I left a telephone message and e-mailed Mr. Nanos.  His written reply was:

"Thank you for your note. I will have your number removed from the list. Please note you have not received a ‘telemarketing’ call. We are a market research firm conducting public opinion survey of Canadians.

Your numbers have been removed.

Cheers,
John"

Figure that, eh?

Good luck all and be proactive!
R.

You guys will all s**t! This is a true story. Just about 15 min. ago we got a call from this same number, when my wife answered there was no one on the line. We tried to call back and the voice told us that the number was out of service. This would be weird under normal circumstances or just annoying. Unfortunately we were in the middle of watching the RING! I am not kidding. We paused the movie because my wife was too scared. The phone rang ten seconds after we paused the movie. My wife HAD to answer the phone. The lack of anyone on the other end was too much for her. Then the call that told us the number didn't exist. Thank God for this chat thread or my wife would still be in a stress ball on the floor! That is assuming you guys are all still alive! Thought you would all enjoy this story, see, it could be worse than just an annoying tele-marketer.

This number called me at 7:12 pm (Central) on Saturday, September 6, 2008 and hung up when I answered. I called it back and it was always busy.

I have also recieved calls and when I call back it is seemingly a disconnected number.David - thank you for that information.  I called and wrote an e-mail.Regards,R.