said by hobgoblin:No one is selling anything.
I disagree, they ARE selling your info, at least in the case of Cablevision/Optimum.
I recently moved my business a couple of miles, and had to move my Optimum phone and internet service.
Soon after I started getting junk mail, and because of the exact way the address is listed on the mail, the info definitely came from Cablevision/Optimum.
Also, the phone # we have with them is a fax number that we NEVER make public, and Optimum says that they do not do directory listings....
....But soon after the move, I started getting pseudo-bills from some of those phony Yellow Pages companies (not the real telco YP or YellowBook) wanting me to pay money to list that number with them.
So Cablevision/Optimum [does] sell your info at least in the case of business accounts, and I am sure that Verizon does the same.
And in fact, I believe that CV also gave the info to Verizon, because I'm getting bombarded from them too, and that started before any announcement was made of our new location.