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Article #243Re: Consumer Reports testing confirms that the Apple "Bumpers" for the iPhone 4 solves its antenna problem
From: John Richards
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:47
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:47
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"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message news:4c44e98e$0$22127$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net... >> Still not as offensive as AT&T charging extra to not list >> your number. > > In the olden days it kind of had a justification because directory > assistance was free and presumably if you had an unlisted number people > would be bothering the D.A. operator for your number, plus there was > also semi-listed which omitted the number from the phone book but had it > available from D.A.. > > Nowadays they justify it because they lose revenue by not being able to > sell your data. > > You can list your number without an address but with a fake name. This > avoids the monthly charge. I switched from unlisted to listing with a fake name a couple of years ago. Not sure it is worth the savings, because now I get calls from people asking to talk to the fake name person, and nuisance calls from organizations who call every number listed in the directory. -- John Richards
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