Local Dallas, TX Auto Dealer Receives 800 Phone Calls in One Day After Featuring Vanity 800 Phone Number in Radio and Television Jingles
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Local Phone Companies Want To Block
In-Coming Mobile Calls
Local Phone Companies Want To Block
In-Coming Mobile Calls
08/16/2004 05:00 AMThe telephone system works because the owners of various networks
agree to accept calls from other networks. What would happen if one
network decided not to accept calls from certain other networks? It
looks like folks in (or calling into) Iowa may find out at some point.
The East Buchanan Telephone Co-op announced plans to
block all calls from mobile phones to its customers, but
he Iowa Utilities Board issued a two-week injunction to stop them from
actually going through with it. Unfortunately, the AP article on the
topic is a little short on details, but some good ones are provided
over on the Interesting People list which gives some
background on interconnect fees. Basically,
what appears to be happening here (which is not at all clear from the
AP article) is that the Co-Op in question is not satisfied with the
interconnect rates they're receiving, and this is more or less a way
for them to go on "strike" until the mobile carriers agree to pay up.
Of course, you'd have to believe that the mobile carriers are in a
much stronger position, having a lot more cash, and (in general) being
somewhat less concerned if calls are getting through to certain
landlines in Iowa. Meanwhile, the customers of the phone companies in
the co-op would immediately blame their own phone company for blocking
perfectly reasonable calls, and may even push them towards competing
phone companies. It is a way for the Co-Op to make some noise to try
to get the much bigger carriers to settle this business dispute, but
they're clearly coming from a much weaker position. Of course, it
also seems highly unlikely that regulators would actually let these
phone companies block calls for very long, as the last thing they want
to do is give other small telcos any ideas that might put up all sorts
of walled gardens in the phone system. Of course, this wouldn't
really be all that different from the VoIP world, where Adelphia and
Frontier were recently (purposely or not)
blockin
g VoIP calls from AT&T.
Broadband Internet Phone Company,
VoIP2Save.com Announces Full Phone
Number Portability
Broadband Internet Phone Company,
VoIP2Save.com Announces Full Phone
Number Portability
07/22/2004 02:48 AM"VoIP2Save.com" becomes first broadband internet phone company to
offer total internet phone number portability to customers. VoIP2Save
accuses rivals of holding customer phone numbers hostage because they
cannot switch their phone numbers to other carriers. [PRWEB Jul 22,
2004]
Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls
Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls
08/16/2004 05:48 PMIowa phone company plans to block cell phone call in a dispute with
wireless carriers. The Iowa Utilities Board has prevented the plan for
now.
Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls
Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls
04/11/2005 08:07 PMuser survey
reported
consumeraffairs.com/news04/2005/cell_sex.html
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Monday, May 24 Begins Nationwide Number
Portability: Keep Your Cell Number When
You Switch, But What Happens to the Old
Phone?
Monday, May 24 Begins Nationwide Number
Portability: Keep Your Cell Number When
You Switch, But What Happens to the Old
Phone?
05/31/2004 02:00 PM"Number portability" began in November for parts of the country, but
on Monday it will be available throughout the nation. Millions of
cellular phone users are about to discover that when they switch
companies they can keep their number, but a new phone will be
required. One company offers consumers an easy way to get rid of old
cell phones and get paid cash for doing it. [PRWEB May 21, 2004]
Television On Your Cell Phone
Television On Your Cell Phone
08/21/2004 09:19 AMIn 2003, the residential local VoIP
market grew more than tenfold from about
10,000 local phone subscribers to more
than 130,000 by year end
In 2003, the residential local VoIP
market grew more than tenfold from about
10,000 local phone subscribers to more
than 130,000 by year end
09/15/2004 03:57 AM [PRWEB Sep 15, 2004]
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04/08/2005 04:46 AM"here's the phone number"
"here's the phone number"
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04/07/2005 03:19 PMNumber-Phone-PT-0.04
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09/22/2004 05:06 PMRogers Wireless introduces live
Television on your Mobile phone
Rogers Wireless introduces live
Television on your Mobile phone
04/16/2005 02:40 AMHowardChui.com Apr 16 2005 4:32AM GMT
First auto-focus camera phone from NTT
DoCoMo
First auto-focus camera phone from NTT
DoCoMo
11/10/2003 11:08 PMinfoSync Nov 10 2003 5:33AM ET
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05/22/2004 06:58 AMMore Phone Number Insanity
More Phone Number Insanity
04/13/2004 01:51 AM
You may recall last year when a Chinese airline
bought
the phone number 8888 8888 for $280,000. The number 8 is often
considered lucky in Chinese culture. At the time, we compared it to
the excesses of domain name speculation though, in their defense, the
airline says they bought the phone number because it was easy to
remember and not because of any superstitious beliefs. However, it
appears that things were just starting to ramp up. The latest news is
that
the phone number 135 8585 8585 has been sold for $1.1
million. According to the article, the pronunciation of the phone
number could be loosely translated into "let me be rich be rich be
rich be rich." Of course, one would have to be rich to spend $1.1
million
on a phone number - and you have to wonder how much
longer someone who throws money away like that will remain wealthy.
You CAN take your cell-phone number with
you
You CAN take your cell-phone number with
you
11/11/2003 10:17 PMZDNet Nov 11 2003 9:18PM ET
Rejection Phone Number
Rejection Phone Number
05/22/2004 11:18 AM
The Rejection
Hotline is a number you can give out to somebody who asks for your
phone number if you just don't want to give out your real number.
Located in over 30 cities nationwide, and with people having cell
phone numbers from all over the place, you never have to deal with
telling someone no again. Get your number before you head out
tonight.
FCC allows phone number portability
FCC allows phone number portability
11/11/2003 09:22 AMglobetechnology.com Nov 11 2003 8:34AM ET
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04/16/2004 04:59 PMbuy jenny's phone number
buy jenny's phone number
02/14/2004 08:01 PMcgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3077991790
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Do you put a phone number on your site?
Do you put a phone number on your site?
08/13/2002 07:01 AM"If I put up a phone number on one of my busier sites, I could be
swamped."
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04/12/2005 01:49 PMSpike Lee Receives Key to Dallas (AP)
Spike Lee Receives Key to Dallas (AP)
06/19/2004 04:57 PMAP - Filmmaker Spike Lee received a lifetime achievement award and a
key to the city at the Fourth Annual Lyrical Underground, an event
celebrating Black Music Month.
The opportunity to buy 212-867-5309 as
your phone number
The opportunity to buy 212-867-5309 as
your phone number
02/13/2004 02:40 PMbid on 867-5309 (in NY's 212 area code) .. selling cool phone numbers
on
eBay
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=1503
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Phone number portability OK'd
Phone number portability OK'd
11/11/2003 02:06 PMSiliconValley.com Nov 11 2003 11:41AM ET
F.C.C. Backs Phone Number Portability
F.C.C. Backs Phone Number Portability
11/11/2003 01:11 AMNew York Times Nov 10 2003 11:45PM ET
Sorry, Right Number. Police Nab Phone
Thief (Reuters)
Sorry, Right Number. Police Nab Phone
Thief (Reuters)
02/10/2004 02:56 AMReuters - Dutch police nabbed a mobile phone
thief Monday when an officer dialed the number of his own
stolen handset.
Will your cell phone number be in a
telephone directory soon!
Will your cell phone number be in a
telephone directory soon!
07/04/2004 03:55 AMApparently some of the biggest names in the cell business want to
publish your cell phone number in a national directory. I am not so
sure that I want everyone in the country to have access to my cell
phone number. I am sure that this is going to get squashed before it
see's the light of day but who knows. [Dan Gillmor]
FCC OKs cell phone-landline number
switch
FCC OKs cell phone-landline number
switch
11/11/2003 11:39 AMZDNet Nov 11 2003 11:07AM ET
Service Lets Customers Buy with a Phone
Number
Service Lets Customers Buy with a Phone
Number
04/07/2005 05:39 PMRetailers in the Boston area are experimenting with a truly
contactless payment method that uses a cell phone number to deliver
payment, loyalty and CRM.
Group wants phone number plan put on
hold
Group wants phone number plan put on
hold
11/18/2003 11:19 PMA telephone industry association asks federal regulators to stop
telephone number portability rules from taking effect on Nov. 24.
Ebay Suspends Phone Number Sales
Ebay Suspends Phone Number Sales
02/18/2004 02:52 PMFCC OKs Home-To-Cell Phone Number Switch
FCC OKs Home-To-Cell Phone Number Switch
11/11/2003 01:19 AMAP via Los Angeles Times Nov 11 2003 0:22AM ET
Mobile Number Phone Directory Panned
Mobile Number Phone Directory Panned
07/02/2004 11:36 AMChicago Tribune: Cust
omers rebelling against plan for cell-phone directory. The
proposal for a wireless number directory surfaced in May from the
Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. Shortly after,
legislation was introduced in Congress and some states that were
seeking to regulate the directory. For one thing, lawmakers wanted to
assure that no number would be listed without permission and that
carriers could not charge for unlisting a number, as wired phone
companies do.
I just notified my mobile carrier,
T-Mobile, that if it participated in this directory, forcing me to opt
out at some later date, I would give serious thought to moving my
service to another carrier. This should be opt in, period.
I'm paying when people call me. For that reason alone I don't want to
have my number widely distributed. The people who need to have it, do
have it.
Why is this so difficult for the carriers to understand, anyway?
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