Directory Enquiries - Mobile phones now added

Del Lardo · 22-06-2009, 10:18

Remove your number from Directory Enquiries here

Feek · 22-06-2009, 10:22

Is that genuine? I saw it last week and wondered if it was harvesting numbers.

Burble · 22-06-2009, 10:23

They don't make it easy - the captcha thing on their website is pretty much buggered. I tries last week to get my work mobile removed and despite being 100% sure I'd entered the right characters it told me 5 times that I'd got it wrong. Then it took 2 hours to get a text from them with a code and a further 6 attempts at the captcha to enter the code.

Then I found the easier way to remove my number was to text E (for exclude) to 118800.

Burble · 22-06-2009, 10:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feek

Is that genuine? I saw it last week and wondered if it was harvesting numbers.

Apparently it is. I saw our Vodafone account manager on Thursday and he says that Vodafone are treating is as genuine.

Feek · 22-06-2009, 10:36

I've just emailed my account manager asking if he can get all our numbers taken off, I can't be dealing with over 600 entries there!

Nutcase · 22-06-2009, 18:23

It didn't work the other day because they had been on the radio so the site was innundated with requests to be taken off

Both mine have been made ex-directory.

Wryel · 22-06-2009, 18:46

I bet debt collection agencies are loving this, removed mine straight away.

Feek · 22-06-2009, 19:27

The reply from my Vodafone account manager. I feel happier.

Quote:

Regarding the new mobile phone directory, Vodafone customers can rest assured that we don't provide customers' telephone numbers or contact details to any directory service provider except where the customer has specifically and proactively requested that their details are included in such services. We're not involved in the set up or operation of Connectivity's 118 800 service. However, phone number information may have been supplied to the service from other third party sources.

Joe 90 · 22-06-2009, 19:30

whoo. thanks. removed \o/

*although i did a search first and i don't think i was in it anyway.

Burble · 22-06-2009, 19:30

Just because Vodafone haven't supplied the numbers doesn't mean 118800 don't have them. My work mobile number is allegedly available on there (it tells me it thinks they have it but I've not given them £1 to find out) and as far as I'm aware my number hasn't been shoved online or anything like that.

22-06-2009, 10:18	#1
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Directory Enquiries - Mobile phones now added Remove your number from Directory Enquiries here

22-06-2009, 10:22	#2
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Is that genuine? I saw it last week and wondered if it was harvesting numbers. __________________

22-06-2009, 10:36	#5
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	I've just emailed my account manager asking if he can get all our numbers taken off, I can't be dealing with over 600 entries there! __________________

22-06-2009, 19:30	#9
Joe 90 Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chester Posts: 2,345	whoo. thanks. removed \o/ *although i did a search first and i don't think i was in it anyway. __________________ 360 Blog \| Join GiffGaff \| Twitter

22-06-2009, 10:23	#3
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	They don't make it easy - the captcha thing on their website is pretty much buggered. I tries last week to get my work mobile removed and despite being 100% sure I'd entered the right characters it told me 5 times that I'd got it wrong. Then it took 2 hours to get a text from them with a code and a further 6 attempts at the captcha to enter the code. Then I found the easier way to remove my number was to text E (for exclude) to 118800.

22-06-2009, 18:23	#6
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	It didn't work the other day because they had been on the radio so the site was innundated with requests to be taken off Both mine have been made ex-directory.

22-06-2009, 18:46	#7
Wryel Absinthe Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,148	I bet debt collection agencies are loving this, removed mine straight away.