news: Do Not Call Registry Able to Go forward & Enforceable! AGAIN!!

"Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> What about these text messages that keep coming in? I keep getting billed
> for text services, even though I never open the text messages. I have
quite
> a few of them in the queue now and have not been deleting them because I
was
> told that to delete them you have to first open them and that involves a
> text messaging charge per message. I get these charges anyway, every month
> and the messages are from random numbers of no one I know. Very annoying
to
> have my cell phone ring and it's a text message from a spammer.
> Do Not Call should also include Do Not Text.
>
>
> --
> Take care,
>
> Mark & Mary Ann Weiss
>
> VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION
> Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm
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>
>
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I wasn't really into the SMS messaging, and just called CS and had them
totally blocked. Sounds like you don't really want them if you leave your
text messages sit unopened. Be aware though that if you do that NOBODY can
send you SMS messages (I use mobile office and just have people send
emails).

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"Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> What about these text messages that keep coming in? I keep getting billed
> for text services, even though I never open the text messages. I have
quite
> a few of them in the queue now and have not been deleting them because I
was
> told that to delete them you have to first open them and that involves a
> text messaging charge per message. I get these charges anyway, every month
> and the messages are from random numbers of no one I know. Very annoying
to
> have my cell phone ring and it's a text message from a spammer.
> Do Not Call should also include Do Not Text.
>
>
> --
> Take care,
>
> Mark & Mary Ann Weiss
>
> VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION
> Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm
> Business sites at:
> www.dv-clips.com
> www.mwcomms.com
> www.adventuresinanimemusic.com
> -
>
>
>

I wasn't really into the SMS messaging, and just called CS and had them
totally blocked. Sounds like you don't really want them if you leave your
text messages sit unopened. Be aware though that if you do that NOBODY can
send you SMS messages (I use mobile office and just have people send
emails).

Call customer service have text messages blocked...no charge from VZW

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"Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> What about these text messages that keep coming in? I keep getting billed
> for text services, even though I never open the text messages. I have quite
> a few of them in the queue now and have not been deleting them because I was
> told that to delete them you have to first open them and that involves a
> text messaging charge per message. I get these charges anyway, every month
> and the messages are from random numbers of no one I know. Very annoying to
> have my cell phone ring and it's a text message from a spammer.
> Do Not Call should also include Do Not Text.
>
>
> --
> Take care,
>
> Mark & Mary Ann Weiss
>
> VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION
> Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm
> Business sites at:
> www.dv-clips.com
> www.mwcomms.com
> www.adventuresinanimemusic.com
> -
>
>
>

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Call customer service have text messages blocked...no charge from VZW

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Martty


"Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" <[email protected]> wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> What about these text messages that keep coming in? I keep getting billed
> for text services, even though I never open the text messages. I have quite
> a few of them in the queue now and have not been deleting them because I was
> told that to delete them you have to first open them and that involves a
> text messaging charge per message. I get these charges anyway, every month
> and the messages are from random numbers of no one I know. Very annoying to
> have my cell phone ring and it's a text message from a spammer.
> Do Not Call should also include Do Not Text.
>
>
> --
> Take care,
>
> Mark & Mary Ann Weiss
>
> VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION
> Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm
> Business sites at:
> www.dv-clips.com
> www.mwcomms.com
> www.adventuresinanimemusic.com
> -
>
>
>

[posted via phonescoop.com]

In article <[email protected]>,
Peter Pan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> What about these text messages that keep coming in? I keep getting billed
>> for text services, even though I never open the text messages. I have
>quite
>> a few of them in the queue now and have not been deleting them because I
>was
>> told that to delete them you have to first open them and that involves a
>> text messaging charge per message. I get these charges anyway, every month
>> and the messages are from random numbers of no one I know. Very annoying
>to
>> have my cell phone ring and it's a text message from a spammer.
>> Do Not Call should also include Do Not Text.

Don't know about Cingular or Nextel, but certainly on Verizon, when the phone
gets the message, it is billed. The system has no way of knowing if you
go to the menu to actually read them.

In article <[email protected]>,
Peter Pan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> What about these text messages that keep coming in? I keep getting billed
>> for text services, even though I never open the text messages. I have
>quite
>> a few of them in the queue now and have not been deleting them because I
>was
>> told that to delete them you have to first open them and that involves a
>> text messaging charge per message. I get these charges anyway, every month
>> and the messages are from random numbers of no one I know. Very annoying
>to
>> have my cell phone ring and it's a text message from a spammer.
>> Do Not Call should also include Do Not Text.

Don't know about Cingular or Nextel, but certainly on Verizon, when the phone
gets the message, it is billed. The system has no way of knowing if you
go to the menu to actually read them.

In alt.cellular.sprintpcs CharlesH <[email protected]> wrote:

> Don't know about Cingular or Nextel, but certainly on Verizon, when the phone
> gets the message, it is billed. The system has no way of knowing if you
> go to the menu to actually read them.

A recent ruling makes SMS spam actionable under the TCPA. I'll get a link
for y'all ASAP.

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In alt.cellular.sprintpcs CharlesH <[email protected]> wrote:

> Don't know about Cingular or Nextel, but certainly on Verizon, when the phone
> gets the message, it is billed. The system has no way of knowing if you
> go to the menu to actually read them.

A recent ruling makes SMS spam actionable under the TCPA. I'll get a link
for y'all ASAP.

--
JustThe.net Internet & Multimedia Services
22674 Motnocab Road * Apple Valley, CA 92307-1950
Steve Sobol, Proprietor
888.480.4NET (4638) * 248.724.4NET * [email protected]

| > Call customer service have text messages blocked...no charge from VZW

I've done that more times than I can count. VZN keeps resetting and billing
me for messages.

| > Call customer service have text messages blocked...no charge from VZW

I've done that more times than I can count. VZN keeps resetting and billing
me for messages.

They don't need a phone listing to call you. They way most of these work
is that they call EVERY number in an exchange (from 0000-9999). The computer
keeps track of numbers that are not used and does not re-call them until
the exchange data is reset and start over again. Therefore changing your
number and unlisted numbers do nothing much to slow them down.

(My son worked for a few days for a company that was quasi-telemarketing.)

Ray
===
William Bray wrote:
>
> There is just one problem. A new national registry is being developed
> so folks with land lines can look up their friend's cell phone numbers.
> This will mean that cell phone numbers are no longer unlisted and that
> Telemarketers will have a ball- on your air time of course. Check with
> alt.Verizon for source.
>
> "PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote in article
> <[email protected]>:
> > Reuters /MSNBC reports that he U.S. Federal Trade Commission can go forward
> > with its national "do not call" registry while an appeals court considers
> > whether the list violates telemarketers' free speech rights, the U.S. Court
> > of Appeals said on Wednesday.
> >
> > Full Story @ http://wirelessway.blogspot.com Much more of the days Wireless
> > news
> >
> >
> >
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com]

They don't need a phone listing to call you. They way most of these work
is that they call EVERY number in an exchange (from 0000-9999). The computer
keeps track of numbers that are not used and does not re-call them until
the exchange data is reset and start over again. Therefore changing your
number and unlisted numbers do nothing much to slow them down.

(My son worked for a few days for a company that was quasi-telemarketing.)

Ray
===
William Bray wrote:
>
> There is just one problem. A new national registry is being developed
> so folks with land lines can look up their friend's cell phone numbers.
> This will mean that cell phone numbers are no longer unlisted and that
> Telemarketers will have a ball- on your air time of course. Check with
> alt.Verizon for source.
>
> "PDA Man" <[email protected]> wrote in article
> <[email protected]>:
> > Reuters /MSNBC reports that he U.S. Federal Trade Commission can go forward
> > with its national "do not call" registry while an appeals court considers
> > whether the list violates telemarketers' free speech rights, the U.S. Court
> > of Appeals said on Wednesday.
> >
> > Full Story @ http://wirelessway.blogspot.com Much more of the days Wireless
> > news
> >
> >
> >
>
> [posted via phonescoop.com]

[email protected] (William Bray) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...

> The really bad news is the all the cell phone companies are in on this
> plot. They see it as a multi-billion dollar a year bonus for
> themselves. You pay for the extra minutes you consume telling jerks to
> leave you alone, and you pay to be taken off the list (no matter how
> many times that takes). This is the worst real time "conspiracy" theme
> I have ever come across- because it is real. I just checked it out at
> the Washington Post. These guys are serious. The cell phone industry
> wants to go into the list selling business.

Don't panic, William. The plan will have a voluntary opt-out for anyone
who wants to keep their number private. What they haven't decided
yet is if the default will "listed" (meaning you'll have to request not to
be listed) or "unlisted" (meaning you have to specifically request being
listed.) No one is going to publish your cell number without your
permission.

> An outfit called Zelos surveyed 1,200 cell phone users and has
> recommended that the cell phone list selling business go forward- that
> we wont mind all that much. So much for surveys. A mere 1,200 surveyed
> for a decision that will effect 140 million cell phone users.

Because the survey (correctly) included the information that only cell phone
users that want their number listed would be listed. Who would be strongly
against that?

[email protected] (William Bray) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...

> The really bad news is the all the cell phone companies are in on this
> plot. They see it as a multi-billion dollar a year bonus for
> themselves. You pay for the extra minutes you consume telling jerks to
> leave you alone, and you pay to be taken off the list (no matter how
> many times that takes). This is the worst real time "conspiracy" theme
> I have ever come across- because it is real. I just checked it out at
> the Washington Post. These guys are serious. The cell phone industry
> wants to go into the list selling business.

Don't panic, William. The plan will have a voluntary opt-out for anyone
who wants to keep their number private. What they haven't decided
yet is if the default will "listed" (meaning you'll have to request not to
be listed) or "unlisted" (meaning you have to specifically request being
listed.) No one is going to publish your cell number without your
permission.

> An outfit called Zelos surveyed 1,200 cell phone users and has
> recommended that the cell phone list selling business go forward- that
> we wont mind all that much. So much for surveys. A mere 1,200 surveyed
> for a decision that will effect 140 million cell phone users.

Because the survey (correctly) included the information that only cell phone
users that want their number listed would be listed. Who would be strongly
against that?

> I wasn't really into the SMS messaging, and just called CS and had them
> totally blocked. Sounds like you don't really want them if you leave your
> text messages sit unopened. Be aware though that if you do that NOBODY can
> send you SMS messages (I use mobile office and just have people send
> emails).
>
>

Some months ago, I tried to ask them to shut off text messaging completely.
NexTel's response was that it's tied into voicemail, and if they shut off
voicemail, it will stop the text messages too. I didn't want to lose the
voicemail feature, so I have been putting up with the text messaging charges
for the unwanted texts coming in. Have they changed the system setup so that
I can disable text messaging? My contract doesn't even list it as a feature
that I have selected. I can't SEND any text, but these text messages keep
coming in.


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Take care,

Mark & Mary Ann Weiss

VIDEO PRODUCTION . FILM SCANNING . AUDIO RESTORATION
Hear my Kurzweil Creations at: http://www.dv-clips.com/theater.htm
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