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From: orgren@rtc.reston.unisys.com (Paul Orgren)
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Subject: Re: Mercury Marketing Again
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Date: 16 Oct 90 21:45:31 GMT
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Something just occurred to me -- does the S.J. Mercury bother their
own subscribers with the telemarketing calls?  If they do, it seems
they would have a lot of annoyed customers getting monthly calls
though they already subscribe.  If they do not, then they *do* have a
way of blocking specific numbers (contrary to their claims of not
being able to do that).

On a related topic: when I moved to Houston in 1980, within hours of
my phone being connected, I received a call from the Houston Post
inviting me to subscribe.  It seemed that Southwestern Bell must be
giving them lists of newly connected numbers.


Paul Orgren (orgren@rtc.reston.unisys.com)