PAT -- please remove my email address to keep SPAM down...
This is an urban legend -- you can confirm that by checking
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for more information. Your cell number is not going to be "released" to the telescum.
I do recommend (have done so myself) that you include your cell number in any do-not-call list entries maintained by the FTC.
- David
In a few weeks, cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing
> companies and you will start to receive sale calls. You will be
> charged for these calls.
> Call this number from your cell phone 888-382-1222.
It is the national DO NOT CALL list. It only takes a minute of your
> time. It blocks your number for 5 years. Please pass this on to
> everyone you know who doesn't want to be hassled.
> Or you can go to donotcall.gov and do it on-line.
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, I did this way back when the 'Do Not Call' list was first getting started. In addition to my personal line, my distinctive ring-ring line, and my VOIP number, I also added my cellular phone number; my VOIP and cell numbers were never questioned. PAT]