"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Gary wrote:
The story seems to be both true & false...Check out this link:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp


My bottom line on this is that the initial cell-phone list
probably WONT be sold but I'll register with the
do-not-call list anyway. Why not. It's free and I
really don't want calls from anyone except people
I give my number to.



I think that's the proper approach...and it is one I am following.

So you're going to take your currently non-published cell number, and
"publish" it on a government list?

Hmm... I don't think so...

Jack

"Jack Goff" wrote in message
m...

So you're going to take your currently non-published cell number, and
"publish" it on a government list?

Hmm... I don't think so...

Jack


To each his own. But the FTC is administering this list. I trust
this for the following reasons:

+ The do-not-call for home phones has worked successfully for most people.
+ Where an independent company running such a list would certainly have a
financial incentive to sell the phone numbers, there is no incentive for
the FTC
to go back on their stated goal for this list and publish it. If they
did it would
bring lots of political heat. What's the up-side for them in publishing
it ??

But, again, if you distrust the government on this issue, ok.

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:52:44 -0500, "Gary"
wrote:


"Jack Goff" wrote in message
om...

So you're going to take your currently non-published cell number, and
"publish" it on a government list?

Hmm... I don't think so...

Jack


To each his own. But the FTC is administering this list. I trust
this for the following reasons:

+ The do-not-call for home phones has worked successfully for most people.

It's a total failure. Politicians and charities are exempt.

Later,

Tom

"Short Wave Sportfishing"

It's a total failure. Politicians and charities are exempt.

Later,

Tom

I disagree. It is not a TOTAL failure. Telemarketers make the vast majority
of unsolicited calls and this seems to stop them. If polititions and
charities lost thier exemption, then it would be a complete sucess.

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:53:39 -0500, "tbd" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing"

It's a total failure. Politicians and charities are exempt.

I disagree. It is not a TOTAL failure. Telemarketers make the vast majority
of unsolicited calls and this seems to stop them. If polititions and
charities lost thier exemption, then it would be a complete sucess.

I don't know about you, but this past election season this house
received three calls a day average for the last four weeks of the
campaign. From all sides. It was annoying.

To this point, December 15th, 2004 - 2004 hrs EST, we have had nine
calls from charities.

In short, it's a total failure.

Later,

Tom

"Gary" wrote in message
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"Jack Goff" wrote in message
m...

So you're going to take your currently non-published cell number, and
"publish" it on a government list?

Hmm... I don't think so...

Jack


To each his own. But the FTC is administering this list. I trust
this for the following reasons:
snip
But, again, if you distrust the government on this issue, ok.

Once again, I say "So you're going to take your currently *non-published*
cell number, and "publish" it on a government list?"

Your cell phone is not getting ANY of those calls yet, and it's number may
never be published, so it may never get any calls. Why put it on a list?
So you can get surveys and charities on your cell number? If it eventually
gets published, then do it. If not, why take a chance?

Jack