I went to this web site and it took me all of 5 minutes to place one home and two cell phones on this "do not call" list.
ping for later
Thanks for the link.
However, I thought it was illegal for telemarketers to call cell phone numbers? Mostly because of costs to the consumer.
one more reason for me not to own a cell :-)
Its too bad they can't hijack phones the way they can computers. At least on Windows, the shadier side of the e-commerce world can hijack home pages to produce traffic for sites that would never get visited of their own accord.
I did the " do not call " thing for my regular phone last year ..It lasted all of about a month then the calls started coming again as usual..They are all in bed with eachother and your cell wont stop ringing no matter what soon..The whole damn idea of a cell phone is that it's private and the only people who have the # are those who you give it to ..Who the hell wants their cell # published.?.What a bunch of bullshit they are feeding us .
If I don't recognize the number that comes up on the caller ID of my cell phone, I don't answer, and I do not have a voice mail set upany more-I've already gotten several solicitation calls on my cell phone.
Soon, however, some of the privacy that cell phones provide may be eroded. Six national wireless companies (AllTel, AT&T Wireless, Cingular, Nextel, Sprint PCS, and T-Mobile) have banded together and hired Qsent, Inc. to produce a Wireless 411 service. Their goal is to pool their listings to create a comprehensive directory of cell phone customer names and phone numbers that would be made available to directory assistance providers. (In most places, telephone users can call directory assistance at 411 [for local numbers] or by dialing an area code plus 555-1212 [for out-of-area numbers] and, by providing enough information to identify an individual phone customer [usually a full name and city of residence], obtain that customer's phone number.
I was just reading this when my cell phone company called me (on the cell phone) and tried offering me some discount if I'd sign up for 2 more years' service.
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I understand this provides you no assurance that your cell phone numbers won't be called in the future. Please correct me if you know definitively that is wrong. I know the site states you can list your "mobile phone" and I did that also.
Well, I use my cell phone only for outgoing calls, so it's off all the time, unless I need to make a call. No problem for me, at least.
Guess I'll be a lone voice here, though it's already too late, we already have more government regulation and more costs, or do people think the 'free' do not call number is actually free? I went and got my own little machine back when all the hubbub was going on, works just great, cost $29.95 and will go with me wherever I go meaning I don't have to call every time I get a new number. But still, from now on my tax dollars will continue to pay for that 'free' number so all the lazy out there can have 'daddy' gov take care of them.
They already have my office fax #.
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"Do Not Call List May Soon Get Loop Hole":
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1289535/posts
Thanks for the info Bob!!
CK/ping
A cell phone seems so much more personal than a home phone that spamming a cell phone with advertisements is a much greater invasion of privacy.
Thank you very much