Verizon, Stop Reporting My Telephone Number!

Sean..since you're here on Long Island, I suggest you take this up
with the NYS Public Service Commission. They have a website on which
you can make a complaint.

Is it only listed in Yellow Book or is it in the Verizon white pages
also? If it's only in Yellow Book, take your complaint directly to
them. They are not part of Verizon. I believe they have an office in
Hicksville.

Even though you have Optimum Voice, if you search your number, it will
say Verizon. The NPA/NXX still resides in a Verizon CO even though
you ported it to Cablevision. I have Cablevision also but if you put
my NPA/NXX (area code and exchange) into "Fone Finder" it says
Verizon.

As others said, the main problem is that you took over the previous
owners number. In doing so, you didn't give it a chance to age out of
the system which would have pulled it from the various directories. I
know it's too late to do so now, so I think your best course of action
is the PSC.

I would be pretty ticked if I were you. Verizon should change the
listing for sure. Perhaps this is an issue you can take up with your
public utilities commission. I'm not exactly sure what type of
complaints they field though it's worth a shot. Good luck.

P.S. Next time... get a new number that hasn't been in use for a
while. When you get a new number that has recently been used, you
completely open the door to right number, wronge person calls.

It sounds to me like the OP kept his own phone number when he moved,
not took on the previous home owners'.

In my town, you can actually look up phone numbers by the street
address in the local phone book. For example, you can go to "E" for
Elm Street, and it will list every resident of Elm Street in
neumerical order by house number. I think this is what's happening to
the OP. They didn't change the name associated with the address, just
the phone number, so it's showing the old owner's name with Sean's
address and phone number.

Not sure, though, so if you could clear this up, Sean, that would be
great.

A while back, my grandmother kept getting calls at all times of the
day and night. Asking for the same person and from the same person.
Finally, she got ticked at the 3:30 am calls that she yelled into the
phone "YES SHE'S HERE! SHE'S BURRIED UNDER THE PORCH AND IF YOU EVER
CALL HERE AGAIN, YOU WILL BE TOO!" They NEVER called back. Not even
after my brother took over the house and the number.

Change your number. Its not that big of a deal to change the number.
Or you can just use my grandmothers trick!

I have a problem like this with my cell phone from Sprint. I have had
various businesses and people calling me asking for someone named Paul
or Tracey. It really gets on my nerves. Sometimes they don't believe
me when I tell them they have the wrong number. If you find out
anything from this letter, let us know; it may help me or someone else
with the same problem! Good luck!

As everyone pointed out, you can't "unring the bell" now. The best
solution seems to be to change your number.

SeanD.,
As I am sure you know at this point you should not have assumed the
previous owner's number and their baggage.
Verizon might be able to get it off their site but I am sure it's out
there on others and will be for a long time to come.
That being said get a new number.
If you really want to get depressed, in this format
(555) 555 - 5555, put your number into Google.com and see what comes
up.
Stop back and let us know what Verizon says and does.
BillR.

Here's a thought......change your phone number. (it's a tough concept
I know...I'll give you a minute to adjust........ready?)

Why in the world would you keep the former owner's telephone number?
It's a little late to demand the number be unlisted, don't you think?