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From: friedl@mtndew.tustin.ca.us (Stephen Friedl)
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Subject: Re: NY Times Method For Conducting Phone Poll
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> [Moderator's Note: I think they [NYT] made the assumption (mostly correct)
> that business phones would probably not be non-pub; thus in the
> process of sorting out who to call and who not to call, all non-pubs
> were assumed to be residential for the purpose of filing the number in
> one compartment or another.   PAT]

I'm not so sure about this.  Virtually all business have many more
than one telephone line, and only the main "entry point" numbers will
be published -- it's the default for additional lines.  Four out of my
five telephone lines at home are non-pub, but I certainly don't have
an "unlisted" number in the traditional sense.


Stephen J. Friedl, KA8CMY / I speak for me only / Tustin, CA / 3B2-kind-of-guy
+1 714 544 6561  / friedl@mtndew.Tustin.CA.US  / {uunet,attmail}!mtndew!friedl


[Moderartor's Note: Please see my message in the last issue. Non-pub
is not the same as not-listed. If I cross check all the supplementary
lines into your business, they will still show up with your business
name even though they won't all appear in the directory.   PAT]