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From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon)
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Subject: Re: Fun With ANI
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Randal Schwartz <merlyn@iwarp.intel.com> writes:

> Now, telecom experts, why didn't they get the correct number?  Is that
> because I'm in the backwaters of GTE-land, or because I called from
> behind a PBX?  I should try this from home, but I don't want my number
> to be junk-listed.

The day after I posted the original article, PollenTrak started asking
for the caller's phone number. I have no idea why this happened unless
the complaints that were being lodged somehow forced them to stop
using the ANI, or caused AT&T to stop sending it.

I have no InsideTrak on this; it's just a theory. There is, however,
no assurance that they have stopped recording the caller's number.
Remember, the whole "service" is there to generate a contact list.


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