| Over the past year, many different emails have | | | | with basic phone service with 50 talking minutes |
| circulated claiming that cell phone subscribers need | | | | per month or less, or subscribe to a |
| to register their phone numbers with the National | | | | pay-as-you-go plan, others use their wireless |
| Do Not Call Registry by a certain deadline, to | | | | phone for business or as their main |
| avoid receiving telemarketing calls because cellular | | | | telecommunication device. These individuals |
| numbers will be released to the public. These | | | | typically purchase extra phone features (I.E. call |
| emails are false for the simple fact that it is illegal | | | | waiting, caller ID, texting, Internet access, etc.), |
| for telemarketers that use autodialers (virtually all | | | | and pay a substantial fee. |
| of them) to call wireless phones, and also because | | | | Nevertheless, regardless of how much a phone |
| mobile numbers have always been private, and will | | | | may cost a person, making and receiving incoming |
| remain as such. | | | | calls or texts, regardless if they are local or long |
| Cellular phone numbers are not considered public | | | | distance, is not free. Mobile users are charged |
| information for different reasons. Even though | | | | minutes from their plan, actual money if minutes |
| there was and still is interest in creating a public | | | | are exceeded, or pay a significant amount for a |
| directory for wireless phones (Wireless 411), | | | | plan that provides them with unlimited calling. Thus, |
| mobile numbers will never be published in a public | | | | the main reason why cell phone numbers are not |
| directory, such as the White Pages. The phone | | | | public information, is it puts users at risk of being |
| fees cellphone consumers are charged, simply | | | | charged or having their minutes wasted from |
| vary too much, and are typically higher than | | | | unwanted calls being made to their phone. |
| traditional landline telephones. | | | | Nevertheless, though you will not be able to find a |
| Cell phone providers offer their customers a | | | | wireless number through a forward search, you |
| variety of phones, packages and plans to choose | | | | can use a reverse phone lookup if you already |
| from to suit their needs. While some people only | | | | have the cell phone number, and would like to find |
| use their phone for emergencies and are happy | | | | out more about its owner. |