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From: covert@covert.enet.dec.com (John R. Covert  12-Jun-1990 0932)
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Subject: Caller ID and 3AM Phone Calls
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Date: 12 Jun 90 13:34:22 GMT
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I'm not sure why John Higdon thinks that Caller ID would be more
effective than other SS7 services in preventing his 3AM phone calls.

Call Trace would allow him to take legal action against the caller.

Incoming Call Block would stop the calls.  (For those of you
unfamiliar with Incoming Call Block, you can program up to five
numbers from which you do not wish to receive calls, and you can enter
the last number which called you using a feature code.)  John's 3AM
caller would be told that John was not accepting calls at this time if
he called again.

Caller ID would still cause the phone to ring, and John would still be
rousted out of his sleep.

All the privacy stuff aside, do not forget that the main purpose of
Caller ID is so that the phone company can sell YOUR number to
businesses who want to call you at home in the evening to try to sell
you things.


/john