Comment on Bill Atkinson doxxed Douglas Adams in 1987parentComments−jockm1yAnyone could pay to have an unlisted number, it wasn’t crazy expensive in the US at least−donatj1yMy mom worked in corrections and after an incident with one of her coworkers getting attacked at home, we got an unlisted number.I remember as a teen being very irritated that people could no longer find me in the phone book.−cgriswald1yYou weren't alone. After my parents divorced I lived with mom and she went back to her maiden name.−anjel1yIIR it was $1.50 month for NY Tel in the mid 80s, about the same cost as a hamburger for this times.
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Anyone could pay to have an unlisted number, it wasn’t crazy expensive in the US at least
My mom worked in corrections and after an incident with one of her coworkers getting attacked at home, we got an unlisted number.
I remember as a teen being very irritated that people could no longer find me in the phone book.
You weren't alone. After my parents divorced I lived with mom and she went back to her maiden name.
IIR it was $1.50 month for NY Tel in the mid 80s, about the same cost as a hamburger for this times.