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- From: kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
- Subject: Re: Random phone number harassment
- Message-ID: <BxzGo6.I7M@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <phurley.78@tamu.edu> <1992Nov15.005732.1484@samba.oit.unc.edu> <BxqJHo.6np@cs.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov19.144956.10641@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:50:29 GMT
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- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes:
-
- >The phone company apparently doesn't want to offer [blocking &
- >block-blocking] because it would make it harder for Radio Shack (for
- >example) to quietly collect phone numbers.
-
- leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:
-
- >You might want to check your facts. Acoording to all the discussions
- >over on comp.dcom.telecom, the ability to block blocked numbers is a
- >*standard* part of the "call blocking" feature.
-
- I'm sorry if my note was unclear. I meant that the phone company
- doesn't want to offer any blocking scheme because such schemes make it
- harder for Radio Shack (for example) to quietly collect phone numbers.
-
- Only when blocking is required by the state do the phone companies
- mention block-blocking.
-
- - Carl
- --
- Carl Kadie -- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
-