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- From: chelf@lunatix.uucp (Chad Helfenberger)
- Subject: Re: Caller ID block?
- Organization: Lexington Public Access Unix. -KY- (606) 255-9121
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 01:08:54 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan01.010854.12298@lunatix.uucp>
- References: <1992Dec20.020537.12766@informix.com> <64lcs*920@lemsys.UUCP> <BD.92Dec28071720@fluent.UUCP>
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- In article <BD.92Dec28071720@fluent.UUCP> bd%fluent@dartmouth.EDU writes:
- >
- >clemon@lemsys.UUCP (Craig Lemon VE3XCL) writes:
- >
- >>If a loved one's car breaks down in an area where CID service
- >>isn't supported and no number is sent, payphones that AUTOMATICALLY block
- >>their numbers etc...etc... It's nice to have CID if a person harasses you,
- >>pranks you, telemarketers won't leave you alone etc..etc..etc.. But
- >>shutting yourself off from anyone you don't know can be dangerous.
- >
- >If CID is not available, then my phone will display a message
- >that ID is not available, as opposed to a blocked call when my
- >phone will say the Caller ID is blocked. I will answer the former,
- >but will very likely not answer the latter.
-
- Why? In both cases, you don't know who is calling. I just can't see the
- reasoning here. If the reason you're not answering the phone is because you
- don't know who's calling, then why would you answer a call from an area
- without cnid?
-
- > Brice Dowaliby, Fluent Inc., 10 Cavendish Court, Lebanon, NH 03766
- > bd%fluent@dartmouth.edu
- > I don't speak for them, they don't speak for me
- > DoD # 0698
-
-
- --
- Chad Helfenberger
- (chelf@lunatix.uucp)
-