Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: ben@sybase.com (ben ullrich) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Caller ID Privacy Question Message-ID: Date: 6 Sep 89 18:15:49 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: sybase, inc., emeryville, ca. Lines: 14 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 357, message 2 of 12 > By comparison, most of those calls would cease > instantly if the called party had the ability to simply return one of them, > and advise the caller his number had been identified. Most phreaks and > other types of telephone nuisances work best in anonymity. Take that away, > and the problem nearly always ends immediatly. PT] Right on! Thanks! ...ben ---- ben ullrich consider my words disclaimed,if you consider them at all sybase, inc., emeryville, ca "When you deal with human beings, a certain +1 (415) 596 - 3500 amount of nonsense is inevitable." -- mike trout ben@sybase.com {pyramid,pacbell,sun,lll-tis}!sybase!ben