Thank you, I appreciate the feed back. Does anyone know if JD Powers
had been approached with this survey? Would it have made any difference
if a broader base of users had been polled?


[email protected] (Todd Allcock) wrote in article
<[email protected]>:
> [email protected] (William Bray) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > From the information on the survey it was decided that folks would go
> > for the idea if they were allowed an out- paying to have your cell phone
> > number unlisted.
>
> Correct.
>
> > What is not clear is if the list will be complied first without your
> > consent. This seems to be what is planned. If it is done this way- too
> > bad. The person who pays for the list already has your number before
> > you got it deleted from future listings. And we all know what that
> > means.
>
> Incorrect- you will have the abiility to opt-out BEFORE the list is
> compliled. What has not been decided is if the cell phone user
> will have to proactively opt-out- i.e. will the user have to opt-out
> of the list to be unlisted, or opt-in to be listed. Either way, you
> aren't going to be listed unless you want to be.
>
> Relax!
>
> > Either way around this is a win-win situation for both the cell phone
> > providers and the telemarketers. As it is being introduced as being in
> > the interest of folks who simple lost your phone number then the door is
> > wide open.... Why would you not want your friends to be able to contact
> > you? They lost your number!
> > BS.
>
> The idea rates high with the youth crowd, who are the biggest growth
> segment in the industry right now. All of us older curmudgeons who
> want service already have service!

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