Calling Charges Possiblty Bogus (Cellco Partnership ?) ?

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Robert11 - 27 Mar 2005 15:01 GMT

Hello:

Was wondering if anyone might shed any light on this.
Live in metro west Boston

Just got my land line normal house telephone bill, and saw a few charges to
a Rochester, MA number which I don't recognize.

We do have two cel phones also.

Doing a reverse phone lookup, I got the following answer:

"The phone number "(508) 789-2288" is a Rochester, MA based phone number
and the registered carrier is Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Ma.
However, due to number portability, some numbers have been transferred to a
new service provider other than the registered carrier."

Who is Cellco Partnership ? Are they "bogus" ?

Are they part of Verizon Wireless ?

What's going on ?

Thanks,
Bob

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Gary Fead - 27 Mar 2005 17:14 GMT

Cellular Companies frequently have "dba's". Here in Omaha Verizon is "xxxxx
d/b/a Verizon Wireless". With so many mergers and acquisitions there are
bound to be many d/b/a's.

> Hello:
>
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> Thanks,
> Bob

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George - 27 Mar 2005 17:30 GMT

> Cellular Companies frequently have "dba's". Here in Omaha Verizon is "xxxxx
> d/b/a Verizon Wireless". With so many mergers and acquisitions there are
> bound to be many d/b/a's.

Pretty much universal in business as we trend to just a few companies
owning everything. It is not uncommon to see "Industrial Megacompany
Corp" /d/b/a "Mom's Home Style cookies"

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Tropical Haven - 30 Mar 2005 05:13 GMT

> Cellular Companies frequently have "dba's". Here in Omaha Verizon is "xxxxx
> d/b/a Verizon Wireless". With so many mergers and acquisitions there are
> bound to be many d/b/a's.

Another part of the d/b/a's is corporate liability. If a wholly owned
subsidiary of a company ends up in legal trouble or going bankrupt, it
helps prevent dragging down the entire company with it. For example, if
company National owns company Regional which owns company City, and City
ends up in legal trouble, the limited liability portion of a corporation
may kick in, preventing company City from dragging down the entire
company National.

TH

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Patrick Cleburne - 27 Mar 2005 17:18 GMT

> Doing a reverse phone lookup, I got the following answer:
>
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> Thanks,
> Bob

That doesn't sound like a reverse search as much as a "which phone company
provides service" for this number. Indeed, Cellco DBA as Verizon Wireless.
Look here:

http://www.hoovers.com/cellco-partnership/--ID__100576--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml

Remember-- Google is your friend;-)

Cleburne

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IMHO IIRC - 27 Mar 2005 20:13 GMT

> That doesn't sound like a reverse search as much as a "which phone
> company provides service" for this number. Indeed, Cellco DBA as
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> Cleburne

Your link gives a page which says:
Page Not Found
We're sorry, but the page you requested may have moved. We've redesigned our
site and as a result many addresses have changed.

If you reached this page by:

a.. Clicking on a link from another site or an old newsletter,
b.. Following a bookmark, or
c.. Typing the address into your browser
please try a search to find the information you were looking for.

If you are trying to follow a link from within Hoover's, please let us
knowwhich page you're looking for.

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TeddeLI - 27 Mar 2005 22:19 GMT

>> That doesn't sound like a reverse search as much as a "which phone
>> company provides service" for this number. Indeed, Cellco DBA as
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
>If you are trying to follow a link from within Hoover's, please let us
>knowwhich page you're looking for.

I clicked on the link and opened the page with no problem.

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Bob Scheurle - 27 Mar 2005 17:35 GMT

>Who is Cellco Partnership ? Are they "bogus" ?
>Are they part of Verizon Wireless ?

Verizon Wireless *is* Cellco Partnership, which is a joint venture of
Verizon Communications and Vodafone.

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Steve Sobol - 27 Mar 2005 22:24 GMT

> "The phone number "(508) 789-2288" is a Rochester, MA based phone number
> and the registered carrier is Cellco Partnership Dba Verizon Wireless - Ma.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Who is Cellco Partnership ? Are they "bogus" ?
> Are they part of Verizon Wireless ?

They ARE Verizon Wireless.

Cellco Partnership, I believe, is the actual corporate name of the joint
venture between Verizon and Vodafone. Verizon Wireless is the DBA ("Doing
Business As") name. (Or for those who live here in California... the legal term
is "Fictitious Business Name."

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agentHibby - 28 Mar 2005 00:42 GMT

Cellco Partnership is Verizon Wireless real name

They just do business as Verizon Wireless

Intresting that many people who work for Verizon Wireless don't kno
that. :ah

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