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Re: cell phone marketing, not


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:08:52 -0400



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From: Esther Dyson <edyson () edventure com>
Date: March 8, 2009 12:51:13 AM EST
To: John Levine <johnl () iecc com>, dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] cell phone marketing, not

interesting... I said I had not verified it - but the list definitely did the job! (It came from a marketer's newsletter. I guess he hadn't verified it either - but did not say so.)

Esther



At 05:11 PM 3/7/2009, John Levine wrote:
Gee, of all the people to be sending around five year old urban legends.

Short summary of article linked below: you're no more likely to get
telemarketer junk on your cell phone than you used to be, but you
might as well put your number(s) on the national do not call list.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/cell411.asp

>>   * The POINT: Cell Phone Numbers Have "Become" Public

R's,
John



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