scotts@uunet.uu.net (Scott Shaffer) (06/15/90)
A newspaper in my town recently released the following interesting statistics: According to Survey Sampling Inc: Rank City % of residential customers with unlisted numbers 1 Las Vegas 63% 2 Los Angeles 61% 3 Oakland 59% 21 Houston 41% 30 New York 37% The article went on to interview people who had unlisted numbers and some psychologists to determine why they got unlisted numbers. It also went on to explain ANI (and how even unlisted numbers weren't immune) and how ANI is not Caller*ID. It also said that it costs an average of $1 per month to have an unlisted number, and that some considered it a status symbol. A SWBell employee listed the three main reasons for unlisted numbers as "sleep, security, and 'I don't want to be bothered.'" + Scott Shaffer @ SW Development @ Compaq Computer Corporation @ Houston, TX +
Edward_Greenberg@cso.3mail.3com.com (06/16/90)
Scot Shaffer <cpqhou!scotts@uunet.uu.net> writes about the percent of
unlisted residence telephones in various cities.
He goes on to write that people with unlisted numbers were surveyed as
to why they have such numbers.
I want to know how they contacted the holders of unlisted numbers for
the survey :-)
-edg
edg@cso.3mail.3com.com