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- From: dwn@bnl.gov (Dave Niebuhr)
- Subject: Re: Op-ed piece on telephone Caller ID
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.145252.22324@bnlux1.bnl.gov>
- Sender: news@bnlux1.bnl.gov (Usenet news)
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- Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory
- References: <1993Jan25.003255.3720@nwnexus.WA.COM>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:52:52 GMT
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- In article 3720@nwnexus.WA.COM, gilbert@halcyon.com (John Gilbert) writes:
- >In article <x2_s1lf@dixie.com> jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:
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- >>Actually Enhanced Caller*ID now becoming available in many areas DOES
- >>transmit the name of the caller. I like that feature. I don't have
- >>to quickly search a list of numbers of people I'll take calls from
- >>while the phone rings away.
- >
- >Does this transmit the name of the person *placing the call*, or the
- >registerd name of the person subscribing to the originating device?
- >
- The subscriber's name will be displayed.
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- >If we call from a pay phone, how do it know?
- >
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- It won't.
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