Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wasatch!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: DHowell.ESCP8@xerox.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Caller ID -- A Bad Idea Message-ID: Date: 25 Aug 89 00:56:31 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 10 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 326, message 3 of 9 The pro-Caller-ID people want caller ID because they want to block out the harassing telemarketers. The anti-Caller-ID people don't want caller ID because they don't want the harassing telemarketers to have their number. Why don't we just outlaw telemarketing and get rid of this problem once and for all? Dan Howell