CTIA Plans 411 for Wireless Numbers
WOW!
If you believe what the CTIA promises, (and I do,) this will be strictly opt-in. Basically, you will not be listed unless you ask be listed.
Also, they're not going to publish your number or sell the list. This is strictly about making it so people can get your number via 411 if you want them to. That's why it is just targeted at professionals who'd rather be reached at their cell phone than their office line. (Or professionals who have cut the cord and their cell is their only number, or pros who simply want both numbers to be available.)
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If the CTIA does as it says this could be great for business people. None the less I still am fearful about this info getting into the wrong hands. [I think I would opt out just on my own "Corporate Paranoia"]
Let me get this straight... large, successful organizations owe you something now? It's a two-way street, my friend. They're providing you a service for money. No one is doing anyone favors.
So Yes I do expect more! And I realize I'm a dying breed... Which is sad.
Consumers are owed more espeshilly on the wages the Corporations are paying them.
The Alchemist said:
Expect more? Last I checked Verizon Wireless wasn't listed as a non-profit organization. Why would they not want to funnel in more revenue?
Let me get this straight... large, successful organizations owe you something now? It's a two-way street, my friend. They're providing you a service for money. No one is doing anyone favors.
Well golly gee whillikers, unless I totally misread the article, every major wireless carrier EXCEPT Verizon is making this available for free to their customers. I know for a fact that T-Mobile isn't going to be charging either to be listed or non-listed, so therefore VZW is the holdout on this one, which does actually make them appear money-grubbing...
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