[Psml] Forced invasion of privacy

[Uspsd3ronf at aol.com]

While I understand the reticence of members to give out their personal  
contact information, this should really be a non-issue. With providers like  
GMail, Hotmail Yahoo and AOL additional addresses are free. The only "cost" is 
 reading the email and throwing SPAM into the bit-bucket. Why wouldn't  you 
want to respond to someone who wants your product? The case of phone 
numbers  is a little more involved, but no big deal. We have experimented 
successfully  with a gismo called MagicJack, available at _www.magicjack.com_ 
(http://www.magicjack.com) , Radio Shack, and other  stores for around $40.00 and 
it costs $20 per year after the first year.. It  hooks up to the USB jack on 
your computer for the initial setup. Although sold  as a way to make 
unlimited phone calls, it comes with a dedicated phone number  for incoming calls. 
Thus, you do not have to give out your own phone number. The  neat thing 
about it is that once set up, the computer doesn't even have to be on  (in 
fact you can even remove the software from your computer) and calls  will go to 
voice mail with your own incoming announcement message. If you want  to see 
how it works, call our number at 631-824-3898. It even forwards a .WAV  
file to your designated email account. I understand that Google will be  
rolling out a similar Internet based service. Bottom line - you can interact  with 
the public using both email and telephone without compromising your  
privacy. There is no excuse not to be out there.
P/D/C Ron Friedmann
D3 - Neptune P & S
 
 
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