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CORRECTED

THIS POST HAS BEEN CORRECTED.

At about this time next month, your cell phone provider is going to release your number to telemarketing companies and you may begin to receive sales calls. These calls will, of course, eat into your minutes.

You can prevent this by adding your cell phone number to the Federal Trade Commission’s “do not call” registry. Dial 888-382-1222 from your cell phone. The process takes about 1 minute.

Alternatively, you can add your number to the registry at the Government’s “do not call” website. Once your number is registered, the block is good for five years.

ADDED — An employee of Verizon Wireless sends e-mail to say that his company “will NOT be participating in this. Your Verizon Wireless number will remain unlisted.”