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Google service gives your infomation. You should at least have the choice.
> Take a look at the note below - if you go to www.google.com and type in > > your telephone number it will actually pull up directions to your house > > - there is a way to have your number removed. > > > > Go to www.google.com then type in your phone number (separated by > > hyphens, including area code) and click on Google Search. If your phone > > number is listed it will show your name and address and give you two map > > options. Yahoo and MapQuest. See how accurate the map is to your home. > > VERY SCARY!!! > > > > Any person wishing to discover the physical location of a phone number, > > be it a home or business address, could use this feature to locate a > > physical street address, and receive directions on how to get there from > > anywhere in the country. In the age of the internet communication we all > > know the dangers of this - for adults and CHILDREN! > > > > Google has made available an option that will allow anyone to REMOVE > > their telephone number from the database that is linked to the mapping > > feature. > > > > You will first need to check if your number is listed in this manner by > > attempting a search-entering your full telephone number > > separated by dashes (e.g. 555-555-5555). If the number appears in the > > mapping database, an icon resembling a telephone will > > appear next to the first or second entry on the results page. Clicking > > on this icon will take you to a page containing a description of the > > service, and a link to request your number be removed from the database. > > > > So far unlisted numbers and cell phone numbers, do not
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Google isnt the only site where people can get phone numbers and addresses or directions right to someone's door.
I don't know how many thousands of search engines there are, but your information (if listed in your local directory) shows up on all of them because they all use the same collection of databases.
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While it is certainly very convenient to use and readily available to many millions of people worldwide, I wouldn't think that the "danger" has really increased any. Phone books have listed names and addresses, as long as phones have been around, and a quick look at a map will find it "graphicly". Any Post Office will give you fowarding addresses for a small fee. And companies made "criss-cross" directories to reverse look-up data long before the internet (or even computers). So anyone wanting that info can just drop into a local library and get it entirely on paper if desired anyway.
What I can't understand is how the Phone Co's can get away with charging EXTRA for unlisted numbers! How much more does it cost to leave stuff out?
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Sorta like charging more for whole wheat bread. About ten years ago, before I moved here from CA, I tried to do the same thing my father in law did, when he moved here. What he did was this: he called this local phone company in the fall, had a number assigned to him. Then he told the local diectory to put in a listing in the yellow pages, so it would be ready when he moved his business here. Pretty slick, it all went off without a hitch. I tried to do the same thing, but neglected to tell them "please forward this number to the directory". So i get here, thinking i'mm going to have a yellow page listing when the new book comes out, but it's not there. I went a whole year paying commercial rates, with no listing. When I called to try and get my rates dropped to residential rates, they said they were sorry, but the listing is a "free" listing anyway, so they wouldn't drop the rate. I heard once on a radio show,(I think it was Bruce Williams) that anybody opening a business should have enough money put aside to keep the doors open for a year, with little or no sales. Good advice that time. Sincerly, Jim.
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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Sorta like charging more for whole wheat bread. About ten years ago, before I moved here from CA, I tried to do the same thing my father in law did, when he moved here. What he did was this: he called this local phone company in the fall, had a number assigned to him. Then he told the local diectory to put in a listing in the yellow pages, so it would be ready when he moved his business here. Pretty slick, it all went off without a hitch. I tried to do the same thing, but neglected to tell them "please forward this number to the directory". So i get here, thinking i'mm going to have a yellow page listing when the new book comes out, but it's not there. I went a whole year paying commercial rates, with no listing. When I called to try and get my rates dropped to residential rates, they said they were sorry, but the listing is a "free" listing anyway, so they wouldn't drop the rate. I heard once on a radio show,(I think it was Bruce Williams) that anybody opening a business should have enough money put aside to keep the doors open for a year, with little or no sales. Good advice that time. Sincerly, Jim.
-------------------- James Donahue Donahue Sign Arts 1851 E. Union Valley Rd. Seymour TN. (865) 577-3365 brushman@nxs.net
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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