Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: The Blade Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Can I Be Charged to Have My Number Not Listed? Message-ID: <3394@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 31 Jan 90 21:06:28 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: The Dark Side of the Moon +1 408 245 SPAM Lines: 29 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 67, message 3 of 11 Maybe you can answer this question. I have heard in the past that there is some way (legally) that one can get unpublished numbers. Ive seen it advertised is a book, but never bought it. Any help? Blade [Moderator's Note: In the event of a dire emergency, or occassionally some other non-frivilous reason, the person with the non-pub will be notified of your desire to be connected. You pass your initial request to the supervisor; the supervisor in turn tells the Group Chief Operator; the GCO will call the keepers of the non-pub records and tell them of the problem. They will contact the subscriber and advise them that you have claimed there is an emergency and that immediate contact is required. Does the subscriber wish for them to give you the number, or would the subscriber care to take the caller's number and deal with it themselves? In any event, you won't be holding on the line waiting for an answer from Directory Assistance. You will have disconnected; and in due course you will be called back by a responsible employee of telco; you'll identify yourself to their satisfaction and they will notify you of the callee's decision in the matter. Police/Fire and other emergency service agencies can short-cut this *somewhat* by calling direct to their contact at telco; but even then, only selected executives at these agencies know *who* and *where* to call at telco; that information is available only on a 'need-to-know' basis. Most Bell telcos are very dedicated to protecting the privacy of their subscribers who have requested it. PT]