On 7/26/13, Matt Hite <lists@beatmixed.com> wrote:
I actually think it's important to have contact information publicly available. I realize this opens the door for abuse, but I've found that using a call screening service (Google Voice) at least provides a bit of shield.
Hm.. a thought does occur, that /some/ operators might be inclined to offer more useful contact listings than they would otherwise do; if there were an option to list some additional details under an "enhanced" private WHOIS, as a side-by-side enhancement to the public version; that is a WHOIS that when the asker is authenticated with an implied promise that only vetted individuals with a proven network engineering experience background can see the 'additional' information, that allows them to review the query history for their record, and possibly post a "parameterized" contact URL whose use would be linked to the query. Some operators might be comfortable listing something other than their generic support phone#, or e-mail address that is so filtered, the critical message will probably not get to the right contact, for at least days or weeks. -- -JH