The prevailing feeling was that such devices are intrusive for work (or a brand) to call or text a personal mobile number, hence the preference for separate work and a personal mobile numbers.
" But he said the number of people who expressed no preference -- 27 percent -- suggests that "a lot of people are scared to admit their true preferences.
The other question which I wanted answered was how the firm had got hold of my number - which I've listed with the Telephone Preference Service in order to avoid getting these calls.
While my strong preference is for immigration policies that let in a large number of immigrants with little burden on them, the low numbers that even this new bipartisan reform are proposing indicate that the median voter does not want this.
Some of you may have used new-fangled methods of voting like text messaging, or maybe you posted your preference and found that you were one of a growing number of people who posted their preferences instead of popping along to the local polling station.