Comments on: Disposable Phone Numbers http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:08:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Heather K. http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-560000 Heather K. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:11:30 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-560000 I have used a few of the service providers you mentioned up there. Most of them did exactly what they said. Since I run my own business I need a little more control over when the phone rings and the numbers I can block so my friend suggested Safercalls.com - and has some really neat features. I was looking for a number in Illinois, and even though on the signup they didn't show they had it, I emailed them and they said they do have nationwide temporary phone number converage. I have used a few of the service providers you mentioned up there. Most of them did exactly what they said. Since I run my own business I need a little more control over when the phone rings and the numbers I can block so my friend suggested Safercalls.com - and has some really neat features. I was looking for a number in Illinois, and even though on the signup they didn’t show they had it, I emailed them and they said they do have nationwide temporary phone number converage.

]]> By: joel http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-28746 joel Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:19:21 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-28746 We completely concur with your point about "Its persona management, not multiple numbers". With TalkTrust, you can easily segment your networking "domains" and assign a unique extension to each one. By enabling complete call management controls per extension (including personal recordings per extension), we solve the persona management problem in a different way. We continue to learn from our users. Would love to hear your thoughts on us at: feedback@talktrust.com Thanks for your time! We completely concur with your point about “Its persona management, not multiple numbers”.

With TalkTrust, you can easily segment your networking “domains” and assign a unique extension to each one.
By enabling complete call management controls per extension (including personal recordings per extension), we solve the persona management problem in a different way.

We continue to learn from our users. Would love to hear your thoughts on us at: feedback@talktrust.com

Thanks for your time!

]]> By: ooglek http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-23365 ooglek Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:03:23 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-23365 Oh yeah: http://tossabledigits.com/ <a href="http://tossabledigits.com/">Tossable Digits</a> Oh yeah: http://tossabledigits.com/ Tossable Digits

]]> By: ooglek http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-23364 ooglek Thu, 06 Jul 2006 19:02:50 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-23364 Tossable Digits is a great solution. You can have multiple numbers, cost is pretty cheap, uses local numbers (ie Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City) or Toll Free, and you can disconnect the numbers whenever. Plus Voicemail to Email, call time restrictions (only forward calls between 10am and 6pm), and call screening (ask caller for their name). Pretty sweet. Disposable Phone Numbers baby! Tossable Digits is a great solution. You can have multiple numbers, cost is pretty cheap, uses local numbers (ie Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City) or Toll Free, and you can disconnect the numbers whenever. Plus Voicemail to Email, call time restrictions (only forward calls between 10am and 6pm), and call screening (ask caller for their name). Pretty sweet. Disposable Phone Numbers baby!

]]> By: Nizar http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-18104 Nizar Wed, 14 Jun 2006 23:43:35 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-18104 The so called disposable number is a blatant lie. It should actually be called "recyclable number". When I think of disposable, I think toilet papers. What worries me most is the recycled number circulating through bad guys and finally approaching my teenager. Instead of creating safety, it would actually create a nightmare. I see tossabledigit, privacall, talktrust.com getting into this business with so called extension. I think it's safer to use extensions that never gets reused... My 2 cents. Nizar The so called disposable number is a blatant lie.
It should actually be called “recyclable number”.
When I think of disposable, I think toilet papers.
What worries me most is the recycled number circulating
through bad guys and finally approaching my teenager.
Instead of creating safety, it would actually create a nightmare.
I see tossabledigit, privacall, talktrust.com getting into this business
with so called extension. I think it’s safer to use extensions that never
gets reused…

My 2 cents.
Nizar

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-16235 Alec Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:24:05 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-16235 Alex, If you really do expect people to use this as a real phone number, then that addresses the concern I raised. It raises another, though. Without a UM system, you've added yet another mailbox for me to manage. A Alex,

If you really do expect people to use this as a real phone number, then that addresses the concern I raised. It raises another, though. Without a UM system, you’ve added yet another mailbox for me to manage.

A

]]> By: Alex Quilici http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-16087 Alex Quilici Sun, 04 Jun 2006 19:31:18 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-16087 It's actually a mistake to think of AIM Phoneline numbers as disposable or temporary identities (and this is in fact true of any similar service). Simply having a number that's not ringing your home or cell goes a long way to reducing the nuisance effect of unwanted calls - an online popup is dramatically less intrusive than loud ringing. So there's no need to switch numbers over time or have a bunch of them because even annoying callers won't be a big problem, and for the few that are, there are tools to reduce their impact. Further, what you'll see happen is that people simply get one AIM Phoneline number and then give that to everyone who they don't want calling on their home and cell - whether it's the dry cleaners, the dentist, the real-estate agent, the car you're selling on cars.com, the flea market furniture seller from whom you need some info, the restaurant at which you made a reservation etc... Remember, these are calls and/or messages that people want, but they just don't want them waking the baby at 8pm or forcing them to fumble for the cell phone while they're driving. So it's in effect a permanent identity: you have cell, home, work, and now your extra line for other interactions (which, it turns out, are very significant numbers of calls for many people). It’s actually a mistake to think of AIM Phoneline numbers as disposable or temporary identities (and this is in fact true of any similar service).

Simply having a number that’s not ringing your home or cell goes a long way to reducing the nuisance effect of unwanted calls - an online popup is dramatically less intrusive than loud ringing. So there’s no need to switch numbers over time or have a bunch of them because even annoying callers won’t be a big problem, and for the few that are, there are tools to reduce their impact.

Further, what you’ll see happen is that people simply get one AIM Phoneline number and then give that to everyone who they don’t want calling on their home and cell - whether it’s the dry cleaners, the dentist, the real-estate agent, the car you’re selling on cars.com, the flea market furniture seller from whom you need some info, the restaurant at which you made a reservation etc… Remember, these are calls and/or messages that people want, but they just don’t want them waking the baby at 8pm or forcing them to fumble for the cell phone while they’re driving.

So it’s in effect a permanent identity: you have cell, home, work, and now your extra line for other interactions (which, it turns out, are very significant numbers of calls for many people).

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-14947 Alec Wed, 31 May 2006 11:08:07 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-14947 John, that's a brilliant idea. I've been thinking that a shared blacklist would be a very important feature for some time. John, that’s a brilliant idea. I’ve been thinking that a shared blacklist would be a very important feature for some time.

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-14946 Alec Wed, 31 May 2006 11:07:35 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-14946 Cool. I am looking forward to finding out more Michael. Cool. I am looking forward to finding out more Michael.

]]> By: John http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-14864 John Wed, 31 May 2006 00:46:13 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/05/30/disposable-phone-numbers/#comment-14864 I would agree the concept of one-time numbers is hard to see taking off. One thing we did at AOL for AIM Phoneline was to introduce the concept of caller reputation score - leveraging the power of the community to identify abusive callers. We call it the National Do Not Answer registry. On an inbound call, the receiving party can click to log their "vote" that they view this inbound caller as a unwanted caller. We aggregate the votes and then (in a few months from now when we have a statistically valid sample) we will surface a caller reputation score on the inbound call alert you see with each live call. If the number of the calling party isn't one you recognize, and they have a mixed reputation score, you probably won't take that call. It is the first step in addressing the issue you highlight. I would agree the concept of one-time numbers is hard to see taking off. One thing we did at AOL for AIM Phoneline was to introduce the concept of caller reputation score - leveraging the power of the community to identify abusive callers. We call it the National Do Not Answer registry. On an inbound call, the receiving party can click to log their “vote” that they view this inbound caller as a unwanted caller. We aggregate the votes and then (in a few months from now when we have a statistically valid sample) we will surface a caller reputation score on the inbound call alert you see with each live call. If the number of the calling party isn’t one you recognize, and they have a mixed reputation score, you probably won’t take that call. It is the first step in addressing the issue you highlight.

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