Heinz wrote on Jan 2
nd, 2010 at 1:57pm:
With apologies to Pinkie, there's nothing to stop any disreputable company registering here and posting a, "
I recently found out that my personal phone number is on this site, as an alternative phone number for ABC Ablutions Ltd. I would like my phone number removed please as I am sick to the back teeth of umpteen phone calls per day asking if I am ABC Ablutions Ltd. Please remove 01xxx234567 from your database.
" as a way of getting a genuine geographical alternative removed and bumping up their disguised premium rate income again.
Fair point, one wonders however if the person who answers the verifying call made by the database administrator to advise that this has been done will have been prompted to express suitable gratitude. If not, then the deceit will be revealed for what it is.
The database of alternatives is immensely useful to many people. We must not however not be lulled into thinking that it is the whole, or even the main part, of the battle against misuse of revenue sharing numbers.