For US Cellphone holders

Remember they are going to release cell phone numbers as general 411
information available soon. telemarketers will be able to solicit you in
another annoying way

sriddles...

I don't think that's true. The FCC still prohibits telemarketers from
calling your cell phone. Telemarketers can't call your cell phone
without your permission.

MaryL...

You're right, as far as I can tell. I just checked with Snopes (my favorite
source for urban legend info), and Snopes indicates that the reports are
"false." Here's the citation:

Matthew...

Not no more they soon will be able to hence the message post

sriddles...

"CAN TELEMARKETERS CALL YOUR CELL PHONE?

An e-mail circulating around KELOLAND warns that your cell phone number
will soon be in the hands of telemarketers, and you'll receive
solicitations on your wireless phone.

The e-mail says "In 19 days from today, all cell phone numbers are
being released to telemarketing companies, and you'll start to receive
sale calls." It also warns, "You will be charged for the calls."

We did some digging, and found out it's not true. A representative from
the National Do Not Call Registry tells KELOLAND News the e-mail is a
hoax.

The Do Not Call Registry's website says the FCC prohibits telemarketers
from calling your cell phones without your permission.

If you do get a solicitation call on your cell phone, it's illegal and
you can file a complaint with the National Do Not Call Registry.

The telecommunications industry is talking about creating a 411
wireless directory that would allow companies to call your cell phone,
but only if you sign up for it.

sriddles...

A few more articles I ran across. This must have originated as an
e-mail hoax.

YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER WON'T BE GIVEN TO TELEMARKETERS

MID-DAY BUSINESS REPORT; CELLPHONE HOAX WON'T DIE

RUMORS WARN OF 411 WIRELESS DIRECTORY

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)...

I hope it's more effective with "normal" telemarketers than
it was with political calls during California's Primary
elections a couple weeks ago! I was tempted to start
telling some of them "I WAS going to vote for your
candidate, but after receiving so many nuisance calls asking
me to, I've decided to vot for the other guy!" (Except most
of the calls were recorded messages by various celebrities.)

Don't you have to PAY for incoming calls to your cell-phone?
Bad enough you furnish the fax paper and toner when people
use your fax machine to send advertising, but I'd REALLY
rage at the caller if they used MY cell-phone minutes to try
to sell me something!

You CAN sign your cell phone number(s) up for the "do not call" list - no
matter who the provider, if it's on the list, they have to abide by it. I
put all the cell phone #'s we have, plus my mother's, and mother-in-law's
numbers on the Indiana no-call list when it was available, then added to the
*national* no-call list when it was available.

Joy...

My cell phone is kept turned off except when I'm making a call, which is
rare. I use it strictly for emergencies.