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From: CRW@icf.hrb.com (Craig R. Watkins)
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Subject: Re: More ANI Fun!
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In article <10339@accuvax.nwu.edu>, thomas%mvac23.uucp@udel.edu
(Thomas Lapp) writes:

> The other thing of note was that in the speil, the
> synthisized voice said something about it getting ANI from MCI lines.
> Did that also mean that it knew that my LD carrier was MCI or was it
> that it gets its info from the same source that MCI does for my LD
> billing?

They are getting their ANI FROM MCI.  800-666 is MCI's.  I don't
believe that your LD carrier enters into the picture when you dial
800.  True?

In article <10344@accuvax.nwu.edu>, clements@bbn.com writes:

> [Does it work from Pennsylvania?  If so, somebody send in the SWAT
> team!]

Yes it does.  Calling out from our local trunks would return a number
that I recognized as being in our hunt.

> [Moderator's Note: My gosh, yes! I wonder if anyone has notified the
> authorities in PA of how their rights are being violated by this
> service. 

 From the caller-id-legal-decsion on telecom-archives (without
overstepping my legal knowledge, I find it very difficult to
acknowledge the context from which I took this -- plz check the
document if you are interested):

     The Legislature has specifically excluded from the term 'pen
     register' devices used by the telephone company or by the customer to
     record outgoing numbers for billing or cost accounting purposes in the
     ordinary course of business.

However, one statement in the doc claims that this does not apply to a
'trap and trace device.'  I haven't spent enough time with the doc to
determine if this is significant, however, I begin to wonder if 800
ANI (not CALLER*ID) is excluded from 'pen register.'


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