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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 00:49 PST
- From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: DID as Replacement For Caller ID?
- Reply-To: John Higdon <john@zygot.ati.com>
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- TDARCOS@MCIMAIL.COM writes:
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- > It's still *very* expensive except for people who have the kind of
- > money that they are willing to spend upwards of three grand to put PBX
- > capability in their multi-million dollar houses.
-
- I never claimed that CNID workarounds would be cheap or even only
- moderately expensive. Actually, the most practical workaround is an
- 800 number delivered via direct trunk from a long distance carrier.
- This is universal, unblockable, and works from anywhere in the
- country. There are no pending actions before any regulatory body to
- change the ability of end users from receiving callers' numbers in
- real time. All it takes is money, something available to businesses
- and individuals with means.
-
- My hat is off to the activists. Once again, they have managed to keep
- a useful technology out of the hands of the average person, while
- businesses (you know, those nasty types who will abuse the knowledge
- of your phone number when you call for inquiry) are using 800 numbers
- in ever-increasingly creative ways.
-
- It sure is a good thing that the activists pay good lip service to the
- cause by disliking ANI delivery a whole lot!
-
-
- John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 264 4115 | FAX:
- john@ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | 10288 0 700 FOR-A-MOO | +1 408 264 4407
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