Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU!SPGDCM From: SPGDCM@CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: sales calls and directory listings Message-ID: <8707110017.AA23648@jade.berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 10-Jul-87 20:15:57 EDT Article-I.D.: jade.8707110017.AA23648 Posted: Fri Jul 10 20:15:57 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Jul-87 03:17:13 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 38 Approved: telecom@buit1.bu.edu MSG:FROM: SPGDCM --UCBCMSA TO: NETWORK --NETWORK 07/10/87 17:15:56 To: NETWORK --NETWORK Network Address From: Doug MosherTitle: MVS/Tandem Systems Manager (415)642-5823 Office: Evans 257, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 Subject: sales calls and directory listings To: telecom@buit1.bu.edu I just got some interesting info from the sales rep at Pacific Bell when I called asking how I could reduce my receipt of sales calls. On the one hand, I could only choose between being "listed" (so my friends and apparently businesses can all find me) or "unlisted" (so neither can, and paying an extra fee). Also I cannot order a directory line such as "NO SALES CALLS". HOWEVER, another very nice option exists. There is another directory, the "reverse directory", which is ordered by physical address. This is used by almost all sales callers, since they choose neighborhoods, based in good part on demographics (certain neighborhoods or streets tend to be rich/poor/full of homeowners/people living in salt air and needing window repairs/etc/etc). Normally if you are "listed" you're listed in both, and "unlisted", unlisted in both. BUT: It is FREE to be de-listed in the reverse directory only, and still appear in the regular one. Comes out every 6 months so it takes awhile for you to see the effect of delisting; I imagine some organizations use old ones so it might fade over an even longer period. The salesperson believed that 9 out of 10 sales callers use the reverse. In published brochures I now remember the telco claiming that the reverse directory is used also by police, fire, etc. Hmmmm, betcha I'll still show on the 911 screens even though I de-listed. Thanks, Doug sales calls and directory listings