Alias in phone book
Jim Nitchals
jimn8 at netcom.com
Tue Apr 12 13:25:52 PDT 1994
I doubt it's illegal to use an alias for the white pages. Pac Bell
listed me as "Spaceman Spiff" in the '87 or '88 Palo Alto white
pages. Only a few people bothered to call and see if there was
"really" a Spaceman Spiff at my number :)
The reasons for the strange name were: I didn't want to pay for an
unlisted number, and Spaceman Spiff was my pseudonym on a BBS that
discouraged use of real names.
Of course the law may have changed; Pac Bell may have let my request
slide by accident; I'm not a lawyer etc.
Just supplying a point of information on the subject,
- Jim Nitchals
(jimn8 at netcom.com)
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