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- From: chelf@lunatix.uucp (Chad Helfenberger)
- Subject: Re: Caller ID block?
- Organization: Lexington Public Access Unix. -KY- (606) 255-9121
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 06:19:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.061921.16249@lunatix.uucp>
- References: <18666@mindlink.bc.ca> <1992Dec19.164501.5444@lunatix.uucp> <BzJt8u.GDz@cda.mrs.umn.edu>
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- In article <BzJt8u.GDz@cda.mrs.umn.edu> carlsoje@cda.mrs.umn.edu (Joel E. Carlson 1625773) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec19.164501.5444@lunatix.uucp> chelf@lunatix.uucp (Chad Helfenberger) writes:
- >>
- >>EXACTLY. Caller ID will NEVER change that. Telemarketers are trained to be
- >>persistant. Just placing them on a kill list will not keep them from
- >>calling. People have to tell them to stop calling, and that requires
- >>picking up the phone and telling them so; not avoiding them.
- >>
- >>--
- >>Chad Helfenberger
- >>(chelf@lunatix.uucp)
- >
- >This does not always work. I personally have told all the arm forces
- >recruiters to 'fuck off' but with out no avail. We need a system to
- >hide our true phone numbers. So that the telemarket creeps will leave
- >us alone. The crudest solution is to always use a pay phone for voice
- >and leave your other line just for data, and just let the creeps here
- >hiss.
-
- If you tell them to remove your name from their listing, and then say that
- you will take legal action if they do not, then yes, it will work.
-
- >I am not sure if this has been discussed before; apology if it has.
- >When using a phone card service that requires you to call a number first
- >does a CNID recieve that number or the number you called from. If it
- >sent the service number we have a solution to our problems, and if not
- >we have an interesting buisness oppertunity. Libetarian Phone System,
- >"We Make the World Safe for Anarchists!"
-
- When using a calling card to make a call (or an operator assisted call, for
- that matter), it does not deliver ANI. (This may be incorrect in some
- areas. Most, however, do not).
- --
- Chad Helfenberger
- (chelf@lunatix.uucp)
-