Attention Cell Phone Users........solicitation alert..

[Gin]

A directory of cell phone numbers will soon be published for all
consumers to have access to. This will open the doors for solicitors to call you on your cell phones, using up precious minutes that we pay
lots of money for.

The Federal Trade Commission has set up a "do not call" list. It is
called a cell phone registry. To be included on the "do not call" list, you must call from the number you wish to register. The number is 1-888-382-1222 OR you can go to their web site at www.donotcall.gov and add your number to the do not call list. Give this to friends who have cell phones.

Thought you might be interested,

Gin

p.s. My daughter had 2 calls last week. It is already happening.

[loathesomeshrub]

1. True but misleading

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/celldirectory.html


Five of the six major U.S. cell phone companies (Sprint, AT&T, Cingular, T-Mobile and Nextel) have banded together to create a cellular phone "411" service. Contrary to the chain letter above, a cellular 411 directory would not be "published" nor available to solicitors. Slated to be available in spring 2005, Mobile 411 would work just like the existing 411 system, in which callers seeking a specific person's phone number would pay a fee (typically $1.00 per number requested) to find it. The directory would not be available to the public in printed or online form. Furthermore, the list would be opt-in, meaning that your number cannot be added without your express consent, and it cannot be sold to a third party. While opt-in permission may have been part of your service contract, all participating carriers have agreed to give users one more opportunity to decline participation before Mobile 411 is implemented