{"id":6804,"date":"2004-12-28T15:44:08","date_gmt":"2004-12-28T22:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/12\/28\/on-the-other-hand-3.html"},"modified":"2004-12-28T15:44:08","modified_gmt":"2004-12-28T22:44:08","slug":"on_the_other_ha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/12\/28\/on_the_other_ha.html","title":{"rendered":"On the other hand …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… it appears that this<\/em> story, about an up-and-coming cell phone directory for telemarketers<\/a>, is false<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Officials at the Federal Trade Commission say an erroneous e-mail has crossed the country urging cell phone users to get on the federal Do Not Call list before Jan. 1 or risk being called by telemarketers. Cellular customers pay for their incoming calls, adding to consumer worries about unwanted solicitations.<\/p>\n

“The e-mail is running rampant, and the information in it is just not true,” said Jen Schwartzman, a Federal Trade Commission spokeswoman.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t the only one to believe it, though.<\/p>\n

Plenty of cell phone subscribers are heeding the warning. The federal Do Not Call list typically receives 200,000 new phone numbers a week. Last week, 5 million people registered.<\/p>\n

“The situation is starting to cause us some grief,” Schwartzman said.<\/p>\n

There is <\/em>a nugget of truth to the story. Cell phone system operators will be banding together to offer a directory of cell phone numbers to information (411) operators. But the list will not be sold or available (legitimately) to telemarketers, and folks will have to actually opt-in to be included on it.<\/p>\n

Called Wireless 411 Service, the directory is a coordinated effort by Alltel, Cingular\/AT&T Wireless, Nextel, Sprint and T-Mobile. Only their customers will be able to sign up, although other companies may join later. […]<\/p>\n

About 5 million people now pay to list their cell phone numbers in published telephone directories, according to the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association. “This directory is a chance for them to list their numbers for free,” Fishburn said. “In order to get someone’s cell phone number, you have to know a little about them, for instance the town that they live in. And the numbers will only be available from an operator. There will not be an Internet directory.”<\/p>\n

FYI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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