[FARC] all cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing compani...

[AGarst7259 at aol.com]

If you go to the FCC website and search around  you will find that this 
illegal and is a hoax.

Allen  KB3OMO




In a message dated 6/25/2008 5:28:49 PM Eastern  Daylight Time, 
windbrkr at erols.com writes:
Isn't this one of those urban  legends that keeps cropping up every few 
months over the last several  years?

Google the words "cell phone numbers released telemarketing", and  check 
out the results that come back.

You can definitely register  your cell phone in the Do Not Call Registry, 
but why bother? 

No  matter what you do, you'll still get "wrong number" calls and maybe 
even  those really annoying pre-recorded marketing calls (usually for 
debt  consolidation rip-offs) that tell you to "Press 1" to get more 
information  on whatever they're pushing.  The fact that your number 
(landline or  cell) is listed in the Do Not Call Registry makes 
absolutely no difference  with these calls, although it seems like the 
folks who run these operations  do tend to go a bit lighter on the cell 
phone numbers, perhaps just to stay  below the Feds' radar.  Or perhaps 
the cell phone providers block them  more effectively. 

I'm reminded of the time when I fumble-fingered  dialing a friend's cell 
phone number, and got someone else's cell  phone.  Even after the usual 
apology for dialing a "wrong number", this  fellow DEMANDED! that I tell 
him where I got his number.  I patiently  tried to explain the concept of 
"Oops, wrong number, Sorry." to this person,  but I'm not sure I got 
through to him.  My guess was that he was  getting close to his time 
limit for the month, but we didn't get into  that.  I was in a hurry...

73, Bob  K9CMR
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Howard W3CQH wrote:
>  REMINDER.... all cell phone numbers are being released to 
> telemarketing  companies tomorrow and you will start to  receive sale 
>  calls.
> .... YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS
> To prevent this,  call the following number from your cell phone: 
> 1-888-382-1222.
>  It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of 
> your  time. It blocks your number for five (5) years.
> You must call from the  cell phone number you want to have blocked. You 
> cannot call from a  different phone number.
> You can also block any of your phones from  www.donotcall.gov  




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