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From: wjm@whuxl.UUCP (MITCHELL)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: bothersome phone calls
Message-ID: <36@whuxl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Jul-84 10:08:31 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 10 10:08:31 1984
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<chomp>
I've also heard that New York was considering a similar option for tagging
names in phone books
BTW New York Telephone does offer its customers several ways to deter those
#$%^^&%$#% telephone soliciters:
You can have your address left out of the directory listing, e.g.
Smith, John ................976-3838
You can have your name and phone number left out of the "reverse" directories
that list names and numbers by address.
You can get an unlisted (non-published) number.
While the first two are free, there is a charge for the unlisted number.
However, these are only deterrents and will not stop the #$%^%&'s that merely
dial every phone number in sequence  .... 976-3838, 3839, 3840, etc.
Bill Mitchell (whuxl!wjm)