FYI - CELL PHONES A directory of cell phone numbers will be published soon. This opens the door to solicitors calling our cell phones using up our minutes. The Federal Trade Commission has set up a do not call list. You must call FROM the number you wish to register. The number is 1-888-382-1222, OR you can click on the link below to register your cell phones on line. https://www.donotcall.gov/register/Reg.aspx Pass it on to your cell phone friends!

The rest of the story . . . http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_cell_phone_directory.htm 'Do Not Call' List for Cell Phone Users Netlore Archive: Email flier warns that a directory of cell phone numbers will soon be published and urges users to enter their cell phone numbers on a federal 'do not call' list to prevent unsolicited calls from telemarketers Description: Email flier Circulating since: Sep. 2004 Status: Partly true Analysis: See below Email example contributed by Gail E., 14 October 2004: Cell Phone Directory: A directory of cell phone numbers will be published soon. This opens the door to solicitors calling our cell phones using up our minutes. The Federal Trade Commission has set up a do not call list. You must call FROM the number you wish to register, or go to their website at www.donotcall.gov, to be included on the do not call list. The number is 1-888-382-1222. Comments: While it's true that the major wireless phone providers (with the sole exception of Verizon) have announced their intention to compile a directory of customers' cell phone numbers, it isn't true that they plan to publish" said directory for all to see. The numbers will be made available only if customers opt in, and will be accessible only by those who call information and pay a fee. Participating service providers swear the numbers will never be available to telemarketers. Not everyone believes that, however, as evidenced by a privacy protection bill already introduced in Congress which would modify the plan to allow 411 callers to be directly connected to requested parties but would not allow those parties' numbers to be given out. It remains to be seen precisely what form the cell phone "directory" will ultimately take. Meanwhile, the Federal Trade Commission does allow worried cell phone users to add their numbers to the National Do Not Call Registry — the same one that is already in force for landlines — either online or by calling 1-888-382-1222 . Kathie In Montana Cascade County, Montana Volunteer RAOGK http://www.raogk.com/ and http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb com/~obitl/volmt.html ~Remembering 9/11/2001and The Columbia Crew 2003