Declaring War on Mobile Phone Spam

RugbyHoe writes "Silicon.com's Will Sturgeon reports that more than two-thirds of mobile phone users have received spam on their cell phones and raises the concern that spam will become as much of a problem on this medium as it is with e-mail. He continues with a warning that many companies that offer downloadable ring tones are guilty of 'harvesting' your phone number. Think about that the next time you think you need to annoy your neighbors with the latest and greatest fiddy-cent ring tone."

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I feel so left out

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I refuse to have a mobile phone (or pager for that matter)

Little story about why, for those that care:

When I was a building inspector I was actually between the walls of a University dorm. To get there, it took about 45 minutes of going thorugh a boiler room and all kinds of other hidden and remote access points.

While I was in there, my pager when off with the home office number. Knowing how long it took to get where I was, I ignored it.

Five minutes later, the same number came back with a "911" attached, of course meaning an emergency.

As I extracated myself from within the walls, the pager kept going off with "911" attached and it got worse and worse.

As I rushed to the phone to call the office, visions of an environmental meltdown were running through my mind, and I feared the worst.

As I got in touch with the secretary, and asked what the emergency was, her response was "oh, no emergency, I just wanted to know if you'd be back before close today"

All that crap for that?!? After that, I tossed the things in the trash and claim I lost them.

Never again will I have important work disrupted by some idiot with access to a phone.