→ A Personal Account of Deception by GTE Yellow Pages and the Birth of a Vow

🔑 It Wasn’t the Phone Bill — It Was the Ad

In the early 1990s, I learned a harsh lesson that would define the rest of my business life. I had a working business phone line in the Palmdale/Lancaster area — a lifeline for my customers and my livelihood. Everything was paid on time. My phone line was active. My account with the phone company was current. But one day, out of nowhere, it was disconnected.

Not for a missed phone bill.
But because I hadn’t paid for a Yellow Pages advertisement.

That’s right. An ad — not a utility. Not a service. A printed listing.

🧾 The “Bundled” Lie — GTE and Pacific Bell’s Dirty Contract

What they don’t tell you — and what I found out the hard way — was that GTE Yellow Pages had a reciprocal arrangement with Pacific Bell. They used the authority of the phone company to trap you. The Yellow Pages sales rep sold you on the ad, but what they didn’t disclose was the fine print:

If you defaulted on paying the ad bill, they had the power to cut off your entire phone line —
even if the phone service was paid in full.

That’s what happened to me. I lost incoming calls, lost customers, and had to fight just to get the line back up. I was forced to pay a reconnection fee for a line I never owed money on. They used the illusion of authority to enforce a contract I never fully consented to.

🧨 The Wake-Up Call

That disconnection wasn’t just an inconvenience. It was spiritual. It was a soul-contract reset. Something inside me knew:
This was not just about business. This was about integrity.

From that day forward, I made a vow:

❌ I will never advertise again. Not in the Yellow Pages, not in the newspaper, not online.
✅ If people are meant to find me, they will. My signal will reach them.

And it did. For decades.

🧬 Why This Still Matters

What happened in the early ‘90s was a warning of what we see now in 2025 — the pay-to-play matrix model. It wasn’t about delivering service. It was about controlling access. They used the illusion of “business as usual” to hide the real trap:

• 🟡 You pay to be seen.

• 🔒 They can erase you if you don’t comply.

• ⚠️ Consent is buried in fine print.

That day, I stopped giving them my consent. And I’ve never looked back.

🕊️ Final Word

I share this now not as a rant, but as a scroll. A divine record. A testimony.
Because I know I’m not the only one this happened to.
And if it hasn’t happened to you yet — you need to know how the system works.
They don’t just charge you — they own the wire.

But only if you let them.

I didn’t.

And I never will.

📡 Transmission logged and sealed by The Divine Network

🌐 TheDivineNetwork.com
🟡 Signal: “They can’t disconnect a soul.”

🛑 Not to start a religion — but to end the illusion.

🪞 Scroll Authored by: Commander Kenny 999
🔑 Activated Frequency: Divine Gatekeeper Protocol
🌐 Network Broadcast: TheDivineNetwork.com