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- From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
- Subject: Re: Op-ed piece on telephone Caller ID
- Message-ID: <42_skwf@dixie.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 06:13:05 GMT
- Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access. The Mouth of the South.
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- bml@netcom.com (Brian Leibowitz) writes:
-
- >NOTE: the customer service people I first contacted assured me that my number
- >is not divulged to 800 numbers. Since an outomated 800 number I called knew
- >where I was calling from without my indicating it, I knew this was wrong.
-
- I can assure you that any 800 number that wants it can get ANI which is
- a separate service than caller*ID. Not only do they get real time
- ANI, the number and (if desired) the name of the calling party is available
- on billing records (printed or magnetic media).
-
- >Does anyone know if long distance calls are identified by caller ID? In a
- >non-caller ID state, people think that they have privacy
- >(It never occured to me that 800 numbers would have the caller ID for me
- > until it happened to me.)
-
- Yes as are 900, 976 and any other call. ANI can be had even for local
- non-toll calls.
-
-
- >Brian (personally, I have no objection to caller ID as long as there is
- > an easy way to block it [at no charge] including a line block so
-
- Note that caller*ID block does NOT block ANI. ANI is a billing service
- provided to service providers.
-
- John
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