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Charlie McCann <chasmc@primenet.com> wrote:
: Because occasionally some business relationships require that level of
: identification. For example my doctor has my phone number, but I'm
: confident he would not give it out to a telemarketing agency and who
: knows who else.

But it gets passed around to the third party company doing the insurance
billing, medical records transcribing, and many other such places. I've
gotten customer survey calls for both my cars, and even a favorite
talk show :-), software packages we use at work and at home, and so on.

Just out of curiosity, Charlie, what do you do for a living? Has
Primenet installed a POP in rural Montana somewhere? Have you just
joined the Freemen? The only reason I can see for you taking it so
far is that you don't really understand how the real world [tm]
works. 

I suggest you read up on, say, comp.risks and comp.privacy for a while.
  
Spiros
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