Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: la063249@zach.fit.edu (Bill Huttig) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Caller ID - 800 numbers Message-ID: Date: 21 Aug 89 02:45:42 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Bill Huttig Organization: Florida Institute of Technology, ACS, Melbourne, FL Lines: 9 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 314, message 5 of 8 After reading the articles on caller ID I thought I would remind everyone that when the call an 800 the company receiveing the call will get your phone number on their bill. [Moderator's Note: Except, not really. You do get the city and state, and *sometimes* the calling number as well. If it is strictly local 800 service then you almost always get the numbers. AT&T can provide the number of the caller the 800 service; the other carriers struggle with the problem. PT]