While it's true that the major wireless phone providers (Verizon excepted) have announced their intention to establish a 411 directory http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=urbanlegends&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.qsent.com%2Fwireless411 of customers' cell phone numbers in the near future, it is not true that they plan to "publish" said directory for any and all to read. Participating companies say the numbers will be made available only with customer consent, and only via telephone to users who dial directory assistance and pay a fee. The companies also insist the numbers will never be accessible to telemarketers. In fact, per FCC regulations, telemarketers are already prohibited from calling cell phone numbers using automated dialers, which are standard in the industry. Not everyone is convinced that consumers' privacy will be adequately shielded, 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 without the latter's phone numbers being given out. Lawmakers have yet to act on the legislation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Baker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] cell phone do not call list number > This is a hoax. > > Paula Baker > Researching Cole, Wilkerson, Norman, and White in Georgia, South Carolina, > and Louisiana and > Baker, Tyson, Manning, and Stocks in North Carolina > > "We are not free, separate, and independent entities, but like links in a > chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went > before us and showed us the way." > > Thomas Mann > > --------------------------------- > Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. > > > ==== NC-PCFR Mailing List ==== > Post to this mail list at: [email protected] > Visit the PCFR website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr > Browse our rich collection of old family photographs, private documents, > and public records. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >