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From: vapspcx@prism.gatech.edu (S. Keith Graham)
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Subject: Caller-ID Again
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Date: 12 Aug 90 07:35:50 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 564, Message 6 of 12


I realize that this subject has been discusses extensively, but a
simple suggestion that I have't heard:

Why not give the purchaser of a new line the choice (at no charge)
whether to send caller-id or not by default?  Then add (also at no
charge) the ability to turn on (or off) caller ID for a single call,
much as someone uses "*70" to turn off Call Waiting.

I would, normally, leave caller-id off, but if a friend was paranoid
about getting calls from strangers, I could turn it back on.

Also, does anyone out there object to the phone company charging for
the "service" that allows you to report that the last call received as
a crank call?  Its several dollars a month here (BellSouth), for the
"right"... Plus installation.


KEITH GRAHAM
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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