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- Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!telecom-request
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 08:07:50 GMT
- From: mwgordon@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Gordon)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Additional Phone Charges
- Message-ID: <telecom13.17.7@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 17, Message 7 of 9
- Lines: 44
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- In article <telecom13.7.4@eecs.nwu.edu> TDARCOS@MCIMAIL.COM writes:
-
- > I may have mentioned this before, but the simplest way to get the
- > equivalent of an unlisted number is to ask for the phone to be listed
- > {without address} under your roommate's name of Zyagur Xeanamux. When
- > someone calls asking for him, you know that it's a telemarketer.
- > What, you mean you don't have a roommate by that name? Exactly ...
-
- Good luck trying to get the number listed under a name that's
- different than the billing name! Our local telco won't do it, which
- can be quite annoying when you have a few people sharing a house.
- (Another college town telecom woe :( ) And forget about being billed
- under a different name!
-
- I've heard that you can get your name trademarked (or something
- like that) as it refers to you. This supposedly is what stars use to
- keep their names from being used by unethical retailers, etc. (For
- example, the Mel Gibson line of sportswear at Sammy W's Superstores.)
-
- Now, couldn't a Joe Regular do the same sort of thing? Something
- like "All businesses are forbidden to use the name Joe Regular (when
- refering to Joe Regular of 123 Average St. blah blah) in any
- advertisments or publicatio without the express written permission of
- Joe Regular." Then write the telco a certified letter saying that
- they are expressly forbidden from using your name in their
- publication. Of course you would include a copy of the "trademark"
- document. The same tactic could be used for those nasty (and
- brain-dead) junk mailers that love to fill our mailboxes and trash
- cans.
-
- I know it is expensive to get any sort of legal documents created,
- but maybe some of our readers are lawyers (or have friends or family
- members who are) and thus can get a free opinion on this.
-
- Any opinions about this out there?
-
- By the way, I feel that being charged monthly to protect (in one
- small way) our right to privacy is extortion! What real cost is there
- associated with being left off of a list?
-
-
- Mike Gordon N9LOI 99681084@uwwvax.uww.edu
-
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