Why am I paying the phone company for an unpublished, unlisted number?

[Johnny Dangerously]

For privacy, I thought. Yet, switchboard.com, which includes White Pages and Yellow Page among its search engines, turns up my name and address with a simple, free search.

Do I have a beef with AT&T? I pay extra for what I thought was an unpublished, unlisted number. If that were true, how would that information be available unless AT&T (formerly BellSouth) shared it with someone?

Or is this a danger of shopping online?

 

[HC]

Here's my bosses solution ... she had her phone listed in another name. Now if people call for the fictional (male) person, she knows that they're telemarketers and cuts them off.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Great idea. Will your boss let me use her name?

 

[TwoGloves]

I used to have mine unlisted so readers wouldn't call me at home. Then I figured why not save $70 a year and just tell them to **** off if they called me at home to *****. Nobody ever has.

 

[micropolitan guy]

JD,

Your new telephone name is - Orel Commitment.