[asterisk-biz] Re:Telemarketers Re: WANTED: New VOIP 411 listings

Fri Apr 28 13:53:15 MST 2006

Tim:

Very good question about telemarketers and directory assistance listings.

Unfortunately this is true, as it is for new DA listings provided by a conventional telephone company.  Our submissions are no different, this is completely out of our control.

Unlike phone companies we do not provide the listings to book publishers, however.  Some of the marketing lists come from phone book scanning and overseas transcription services, but others do come from electronic aggregation or simply queries to directory asistance databases.   We disclose this to all participants.

One way to greatly reduce it is to list with no street address.  The absence of the street address makes the listing less attractive to telemarketers because they cannot geocode or confirm a USPS legitimate address.   Generally people requesting 411 directory assistance for businesses do not specify the address, only the business name, city and state.

On the residential side, of course, the listing subject should register first with donotcall.gov, and wait 30 days to list with 411.

Sincerely,

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Richard Weerts
National Directory Information Services, LLC
61 Moraga Way, Suite 1
Orinda, CA  94563
voice (925) 254-6518
fax (925) 940-9509
rweerts at 411xml.com
http://411xml.com/

411XML is a registered trademark of
National Directory Information Services, LLC

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tim Booth 
  To: '411XML Richard Weerts' ; 'Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion' 
  Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 1:13 PM
  Subject: RE: [asterisk-biz] WANTED: New VOIP 411 listings 

  Sounds great but does this open up the flood gates for the list to be sold to telemarketers? We have not had a single incident with a telemarketer calling in on our VoIP lines, that's a good thing.

  -----Original Message-----
  From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 411XML Richard Weerts
  Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 3:47 PM
  To: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
  Subject: [asterisk-biz] WANTED: New VOIP 411 listings 

  Asterisk community:

  As final testing phase of our system to provide listing submission services 
  to VOIP resellers and end user businesses, we are offering to insert new 
  directory assistance listings into the 411 National Directory Assistance 
  databases at no charge for a limited time.

  Our service allows VOIP resellers to offer to their end users the ability to 
  list their businesses and residential lines in national 411 directory 
  assistance without dealing with a phone company, wholesaler or otherwise 
  incurring additonal monthly charges to be in 411.  The same service will 
  later be provided to also list cellular phones or any dialable phone.  This is 
  primarily a business service but residential listings are also accepted.

  Here are the conditions for this program:

   - phone numbers must be operational; no disconnected messages etc.
   - phone numbers to be listed must be permanently assigned to the listing 
  subject business or residence.
   - phone numbers to be listed must NOT be already represented in directory 
  assistance.
   - one name and address per phone number, but you can list multiple names 
  using different DIDs.

  The listings accepted will be available to 411 (and new free 411 services) 
  callers nationwide.

  Some of you have already worked with us to get your clients' listings into 
  directory assistance.  Take advantage of this opportunity to get more calls 
  for your or your clients' businesses by listing more of your DIDs in 411.

  Contact me directly to participate.

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  Richard Weerts
  National Directory Information Services, LLC
  61 Moraga Way, Suite 1
  Orinda, CA  94563
  voice (925) 254-6518
  fax (925) 940-9509
  rweerts at 411xml.com
  http://411xml.com/

  411XML is a registered trademark of
  National Directory Information Services, LLC

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