smalls2598 Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 per my company email: Telemarketing Do Not Call Registration Starting Jan 1, 2005, all cell phone numbers will be made public to telemarketing firms. So this means as of Jan 1, your cell phone may start ringing off the hook with telemarketers, but unlike your home phone, most of you pay for your incoming calls. These telemarketers will eat up your free minutes and end up costing you money in the long run. According to the National Do Not Call List, you have until Dec. 15th 2004 to get on the national "Do not call list" for cell phones. They said that you need to call 1-888-382-1222 from the cell phone that you wish to have put on the "do not call list" to be put on the list. They also said you can do it online at www.donotcall.gov . Registering only takes a minute, is in effect for 5 years and will possibly save you money (definitely frustration)! Make sure you register now! it seriously takes less than 1 minute to complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 I think this is BS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Close. http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp First, it's a 411 directory (which means it's only available by calling. There is no printed version.) Second, it's only certain phone companies. Third, you have to specifically request to be added to the directory. Lastly, it's not available to telemarketers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalls2598 Posted December 9, 2004 Author Share Posted December 9, 2004 well, if u dont believe it, then dont call the number or go to the website, its your choice. but, this was the same situation a few years ago with home phone numbers. i signed up for it back then, and i have not received any telemarketer calls at home until they started posting their numbers on caller id. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Another site on it: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_c...e_directory.htm I guess it can't hurt anything by adding your cell # to the list but so few people know my # anyway I don't think I'll be bothered by it too much. Plus I have caller ID on my phone. If I don't recognize the number, it's not somebody I want to talk to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Also interesting to note that I get an error message when trying to access the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YASNY Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 Bogus email worries cell phone users Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 Bogus email worries cell phone users So, I was right. It doesn't surprise me that it came from someone with 42 total posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalls2598 Posted December 10, 2004 Author Share Posted December 10, 2004 hey guys, sorry about that. it came from my IT deparment, who are pretty credible. guess even they let one slip by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 hey guys, sorry about that. it came from my IT deparment, who are pretty credible. guess even they let one slip by them. No worries. Our IT department just had the HR girl send it out also.. I promptly correct them.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 We just got the company-wide warning. I did the exact same thing you did Steff. Except I got in trouble for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 We just got the company-wide warning. I did the exact same thing you did Steff. Except I got in trouble for it... You're kidding..??? Good grief. That's stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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