Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!lll-winken!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: nsc!berlioz.nsc.com! (Lord Snooty @ The Giant Poisoned Electric Head ) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Caller ID Linked to Decline in Harrassing Calls Message-ID: Date: 19 Aug 89 12:44:29 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara Lines: 26 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 322, message 8 of 8 In article , GABEL@qcvax.bitnet writes: > Consumers phoning businesses might find their numbers > being passed on to telephone marketing concerns without permission. This is serious. This is hard to combat. > "A caller-identification system that does not have a blocking function > endangers the lives of battered women," said Gail Jones, director of > Women Escaping a Violent Environment, a counseling center based in > Sacramento, Calif. "The woman or her counselor will often contact the > batterer to let him know that she is all right." This is ridiculous. If that's all they want to say, let them use a phone-booth. "I'm all right, dear. I have escaped our violent environment. Bye." ........................................................................... Andrew Palfreyman There's a good time coming, be it ever so far away, andrew@berlioz.nsc.com That's what I says to myself, says I, time sucks jolly good luck, hooray! [Moderator's Note: With this Digest, we conclude our eighth year of electronic publication. The Digest has grown and expanded tremendously in the past year; and I take this opportunity to thank all of you who have made it possible with your informative and interesting messages. Patrick Townson]