From: snipped-for-privacy@hammy.burditt.org (Gordon Burditt)
>To: snipped-for-privacy@invalid.telecom.csail.mit.edu
>Subject: Re: Demise of on-line telephone directory >databases [Telecom] >Message-ID: >
>> Might as well resume using printed telephone directories. The number of
>> published listings is way down, as the ILEC doesn't carry all telephone
>> numbers from CLEC's, but at least what you find stands a better chance
>> of being accurate.
>
>It's impossible to find my phone number via such searches. I prefer
>it this way. I get nearly zero junk phone calls.
>
>The model I prefer is: if you want your number >listed in a directory,
>then contact a directory company (or several) and >pay for it.
>Telephone companies may not sell data to >directory companies. If
>a telephone company runs a directory company, it >must be done as a
>separate unit with no access to the telephone >company database.
You mean some people don't lie to the telephone company? You can find my number in the local directory, [but] you will not find my name.