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telemarketers access cell numbers
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| Maybe this has been asked before here. Does anyone know which Wireless
Carriers plan to let telemarketers access cell numbers. I heard that
this January is when they will be allowed to.
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| Quick 2006-01-01, 11:48 pm |
| Ronbo wrote:
> Maybe this has been asked before here. Does anyone know
> which Wireless Carriers plan to let telemarketers access
> cell numbers. I heard that this January is when they will
> be allowed to.
I would be very surprised if VZW did this. They were the
only major carrier not to participate in the cellular 411
directory.
-Quick
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| Agent_C 2006-01-01, 11:48 pm |
| On Sun, 01 Jan 2006 12:06:35 GMT, Ronbo <ronbo@nowhere.com> wrote:
>Maybe this has been asked before here. Does anyone know which Wireless
>Carriers plan to let telemarketers access cell numbers. I heard that
>this January is when they will be allowed to.
Much of what gets discussed surrounding this issue is urban legend.
Verizon works aggressively to prevent telemarketers from calling its
cellular customers.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20051210/tc_cmp/174909853
A_C
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| Chuck Drake 2006-01-02, 5:48 pm |
| I have 3 telemarketers that regularly call my cell, so yes it is happening.
"Ronbo" <ronbo@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Maybe this has been asked before here. Does anyone know which Wireless
> Carriers plan to let telemarketers access cell numbers. I heard that this
> January is when they will be allowed to.
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| Chuck Drake wrote:
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> I have 3 telemarketers that regularly call my cell, so yes it is happening.
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> <snip>
Your isolated experience, in no way, means that telemarketers
have access to cell phone numbers.
Has there *ever* been a time that you spoke to a business on
your cell phone? It's possible that the business logged your
number and distributed it.
I'd venture a guess that the vast majority of cell phone users
have never received anything more than an isolated marketing
call on their phones.
Notan
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| Just sign up at www.donotcall.gov and if they do, sue them!
I don't even get those calls at home. I have the same listed number for
over 30 years.
Dave
Chuck Drake wrote:
> I have 3 telemarketers that regularly call my cell, so yes it is happening.
> "Ronbo" <ronbo@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Chuck Drake wrote:
> I have 3 telemarketers that regularly call my cell, so yes it is happening.
Is it possible that you have given your cell number out to those
businesses, or to a business that forwarded you cell number to the
telemarketers?
The only calls I've ever gotten from someone I did not know were
mis-dialed calls.
Lena
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| It IS going to happen. The question was whether VZW
is doing, or is going to do, anything to facilitate that.
Currently VZW has made significant efforts to deter it.
The 3 telemarketers you're dealing with are more than
likely the result of something you did. Even so you can
easily end it (or if it doesn't stop after that you can start
to collect significant cash).
-Quick
Chuck Drake wrote:[color=darkred
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> I have 3 telemarketers that regularly call my cell, so
> yes it is happening. "Ronbo" <ronbo@nowhere.com> wrote in
> message
> news:fBPtf.213336$qk4.201142@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
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| Yes, the do-not-call lists seem to be very effective. Here
in California we had a state list before the national one.
They automatically entered the state list into the national
one when it went active.
I can only remember 1 cold call since the lists went active.
I informed them that I was on the do not call list and there
was no repeat.
DishNet, the newspaper, and a couple of others I do business
with call every couple of months. I kind of want to hear the
offers so I haven't told them not to call back.
This is on the landline number I've had since '88 although
I registered all our cell numbers too.
In 15 or so years of cell service (GTE then VZW) I have never
been called by a telemarketer. It was reassuring when VZW
was the only major cell carrier to decline to participate in the
cellular 411 directory for just this reason.
-Quick
Dave wrote:[color=darkred
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> Just sign up at www.donotcall.gov and if they do, sue
> them!
> I don't even get those calls at home. I have the same
> listed number for over 30 years.
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> Dave
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> Chuck Drake wrote:
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| Chuck Drake 2006-01-03, 5:48 pm |
| Nothing as far as I know that I did..I do know that the number has been used
by another at one time, as mom keeps calling too, only its not my mom along
with a couple collection agencies looking for the previous owner of the
number.
Hopefully the do not call list will end it, but it would be interesting to
see how often this actually happens across the nation.
"Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> It IS going to happen. The question was whether VZW
> is doing, or is going to do, anything to facilitate that.
> Currently VZW has made significant efforts to deter it.
>
> The 3 telemarketers you're dealing with are more than
> likely the result of something you did. Even so you can
> easily end it (or if it doesn't stop after that you can start
> to collect significant cash).
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> -Quick
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> Chuck Drake wrote:
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| George 2006-01-03, 5:48 pm |
| Chuck Drake wrote:
> Nothing as far as I know that I did..I do know that the number has been used
> by another at one time, as mom keeps calling too, only its not my mom along
> with a couple collection agencies looking for the previous owner of the
> number.
> Hopefully the do not call list will end it, but it would be interesting to
> see how often this actually happens across the nation.
Maybe you didn't do anything but the former user of your number did.
That doesn't mean telemarketers are calling cellphones. When you do
business with a company and give them your number (clearly what the
former user of your number did) you give them permission to call you
regardless of any call list. You can then ask them not to call for
marketing purposes and they must respect that.
You can end the calling yourself. If those collection agencies keep
calling you need to be firm about telling them you are not the person in
question and will file harassment by wire charges against them if they
keep calling.
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| kevin weaver 2006-01-03, 5:48 pm |
| I had this same problem with my home phone. I have a Unlisted number. I'm
also on the do not call list. But I still get these calls from a Fax
machine. I used a friends fax and hooked it up for about a week. I kept
getting calls from a place in Florida wanting to sell me a time share.
I called SBC, told them the problem. They told me that the people can get
big fines for calling people on the list. But, I was told that right now
there is no way to inforce this law. All I can do Is change my number.
(Free) What good is this "Do not call list" If they cant inforce it.
"George" <george@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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> Chuck Drake wrote:
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> Maybe you didn't do anything but the former user of your number did. That
> doesn't mean telemarketers are calling cellphones. When you do business
> with a company and give them your number (clearly what the former user of
> your number did) you give them permission to call you regardless of any
> call list. You can then ask them not to call for marketing purposes and
> they must respect that.
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> You can end the calling yourself. If those collection agencies keep
> calling you need to be firm about telling them you are not the person in
> question and will file harassment by wire charges against them if they
> keep calling.
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| Remove This 2006-01-03, 5:48 pm |
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"Chuck Drake" < drakechuck@Insightbb
.com> wrote in message
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> Nothing as far as I know that I did..I do know that the number has been
> used by another at one time, as mom keeps calling too, only its not my mom
> along with a couple collection agencies looking for the previous owner of
> the number.
> Hopefully the do not call list will end it, but it would be interesting to
> see how often this actually happens across the nation.
> "Quick" <quick7135-news@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eGfuf.8578$oW.4443@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
Most likely at a Web Site
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I work for the ILEC ...." stuff happens! "
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| George 2006-01-03, 5:48 pm |
| kevin weaver wrote:
> I had this same problem with my home phone. I have a Unlisted number. I'm
> also on the do not call list. But I still get these calls from a Fax
> machine. I used a friends fax and hooked it up for about a week. I kept
> getting calls from a place in Florida wanting to sell me a time share.
> I called SBC, told them the problem. They told me that the people can get
> big fines for calling people on the list. But, I was told that right now
> there is no way to inforce this law. All I can do Is change my number.
> (Free) What good is this "Do not call list" If they cant inforce it.
>
Google found this as the first hit:
https://www.donotcall.gov/Complain/ComplainCheck.aspx
Also read about enforcement penalties that have been assessed (the most
recent being $5.3 Million to DTV):
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edca...ediacenter.html
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