I remember years ago moving into a new apartment. I had just turned on my home phone service, and plugged in my phone. It wasn’t 5 seconds (literally) before the phone rang. It was a telemarketer! That was the last time I ever used a home phone. Since then, I’ve had only a cell phone. I made the mistake once of giving the number to an auto dealer, and now they call me all the time. Other than that, my cell phone has been pretty much for personal and business use only. I love it.
One of my friends started the site Phonebooks.com and recently forwarded me this press release about the addition of 2.4 million new numbers to their database. The site is designed to allow people to find other people – via cell phone. More than 1 in 7 U.S. households now use wireless phones as their primary phone system. As more and more people use mobile phones as their ‘default’ number, being able to look up a cell number is increasingly important. Cell numbers are not typically included in traditional phone directories, and so he created the directory to help people find people via cell numbers.
Phone directories have come a long way!
Sites like Phonebooks.com work to aggregate cell phone records and offer people several services around the growing database, including the ability to search for someone via their cell number, locate a cell number or even remove your cell number from the database. (In addition you can contact the Do Not Call Registry to get removed from most major call lists).
New cell phone directories are here to stay – and have become a necessary tool in modern communication. Know that you can control which lists you show up on – and if you are like me and don’t want your cell phone listed, consider checking the database to see if you show up.
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I may be 30 years old but how fast the technology has come in a few short years has gotten out of contol. What ever happened to talking on the phone to you BFF’s going to the mall just to hang out & maybe run into the hotty that works @ 1 of the stores or the cutie that sits behind you in class. Know you’ve got to throw your kids out the door to see what the sun really looks like & that the grass is green. Not to mention having to set time limits for video games, cell phones, & the computer. My son is only 9 & already text’s faster then I can type. It’s a whole knew lanugage all togeather & making since of it is nearly a full time job. It makes it easier for the big bad wolf to walk into your home without a passing glance. As for pernatal controls on everything it seems the kids can fly by that in just seconds before you even get the chance to learn how the damn thing works anyway. I wish there was a way to go back. The idea of making everything come to you without ever opening up the door seems to be a bigger pain in my ass then having to do it all with the short amout of time left in the day. Is it so hard to go out on a date to a movie or hell go to a mall & buy X-mas gifts & wrip them your damn self. I cant keep up & with 2 young kids in the home my fear of the dreadied teen yrs as me losing my mind.