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- From: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com (Dewey Coffman)
- Newsgroups: austin.general
- Subject: Re: PUC: Caller ID illegal
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.171059.27533@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 17:10:59 GMT
- References: <1992Nov11.203442.6168@icus.ICUS.COM> <1992Nov16.202757.19402@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> <1992Nov17.155715.26466@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
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- In article <1992Nov17.155715.26466@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, mbrown@testsys.austin.ibm.com (Mark Brown) writes:
- |> The privacy issue is a smokescreen for the real reason Bell wants Caller
- |> ID:
- |>
- ..
- |> ...and *we'd* pay for the privilege! Think how many times you'd use CID
- |> to 'screen' calls, or how many numbers you'd remember at a glance,
- |> compared to the utility that, say, First Bank would receive...
-
- You don't have to remember Phone Numbers, the little Caller ID
- boxes allow you to input names associated with the number OR
- plug it into you PeeCee and when the phone rings, you get all
- the same info on them(assuming they've called before and you
- logged the info into YOUR database).
-
- As far as paying for it. Don't subscribe to it. I *think* part of
- the deal with Caller ID is that anyone can turn off there number when
- they call(regardless of whether you've subscribed).
-
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