On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> At 15:12 23-01-01 -0800, Jim wrote:
>
> >A civilization where we have given up the trappings of civility and decorum,
> >apparently. Do you like it when telemarketers call you? If you allow all
> >these places to call you when you pass their respective establishments, is
> >going to be like having that happen who knows how many times a day?
>
> Don't forget that with many cellular phone plans you have to pay for calls
> you _receive_. This will go over at least as well with the recipients as
> those ads sent to fax machines that not only tie up your line but use up
> your paper.
Mine has the first incoming minute free. :)
Now, there have been laws passed about unsolicited faxes. An "opt-in"
system for the cellphone ads would keep you from getting tons of
unsolicited calls for advertising. Too many complaints of unsolicited
cell calls could have repercussions in the way of fines and so on, if the
laws changed quickly enough to fit the situation.
Personally, if they just sent me small text messages that I didn't have to
pay extra for, that would be fine. (I just don't want very much in the
way of advertising, as I've already indicated in a previous post.)
Julia
