Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: stiatl!pda@gatech.edu (Paul D. Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Caller ID -- A Bad Idea Message-ID: Date: 28 Aug 89 03:34:09 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Sales Technologies Inc., "The Procedure IS the product" Lines: 24 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 331, message 8 of 8 DHowell.ESCP8@xerox.com writes: >Why don't we just outlaw telemarketing and get rid of this problem once and >for all? Dan Howell Great idea! What about this angle? How about using caller-id to ignore calls from people you don't know? I installed a phone for my convenience- not the callers. Before too many people jump on me for this- I suspect that there are many of folks that use their answering machine to perform this screening function for them now (as I do). Most of the time, I pick up the phone, no matter who calls. But it sure does stop telemarketers and similar ilk who have no patience for the machine. It would be nice to know who's calling before answering. As it is now, when I need *real* quiet, I turn the machine on, put it under a pillow and turn off all the other phones... Just another thought on the subject.... paul -- Paul Anderson (w) (404) 841-4000 gatech!stiatl!pda (h) (404) 662-0799