NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/sci/electron/21549

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From: [e-mail] (M.Iqbal)
Subject: Re: Caller ID block?
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Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 20:00:10 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Curt Welch) writes:
|> In sci.electronics, [e-mail] (victor porguen) writes:
|> >If you call an airline to get a flight schedule, they now may call
|> >you back.  At any time. In the middle of the night. For any purpose.
|> >Sales, solicitation, you name it. Or give your number to anyone they
|> >please.  For any purpose.
|>
|> >Caller ID is a weapon, and it's aimed at YOU!
|>
|> Why are you so scared of such a feeble weapon like the phone?  Did
|> your parents beat you with a phone when you were a child?  Or is it just
|> the thought of having a stranger call you that scares you so much?  You
|> really should work on overcoming your fears.
|>
|> Guess what.  The airlines can call you anytime they want, whether
|> they have caller ID or not.  If you use their 800 number, they
|> get your phone number - and they always have.
|>
|> Guess what.  I have your name and e-mail address.  It's a weapon too.
|> And I've got it aimed right at YOU!
|>
|> Are you going to start complaining about how e-mail and news messages have
|> a return address on them next.  And start crying about how unfair it is
|> that any crazy USENET reader (like me) can start harassing you?
|>
|> And by posting in sci.electronics, there are now thousands of people that
|> have your name and e-mail address.  Why are you so worred about one
|> company getting your phone number but you don't seem to mind giving your
|> e-mail address to thousands of people all around the world?
|>
|> If you send e-mail to my account I think it's only fair that I know who
|> it came from.  And if someone calls me on the phone, I think it's only fair
|> that I know who called me.
|>
|> I agree that the phone company is forcing you to do something you don't
|> want to do (i.e. give out you phone number), and that's not nice.  No one
|> likes to be forced to do anything they don't want to do.  And many people
|> don't like Caller ID just for this reason - not because they don't like
|> it - but because they were never given a choice.
|>
|> But thinking that Caller ID has no use but to make the phone companies
|> more money is a bit off base.  Get a grip guy.  You don't have to like
|> it, but you do have to live with it.
|>
|> Curt Welch


After reading you response, I read your email address just for curosity and
I understood your reply right away.


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