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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: Predictions on what ISDN can be used for?
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Date: 2 Oct 90 08:38:17 GMT
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Advantages of ISDN #1:  no more converting digital data to analog, which
then gets digitized for transmission, then converted back to analog at
the other end, and finally runs through a DSP to convert it to digital.
This is a practice that makes computerfax look sane!

David Gast notes:

> Further, Caller-Id has been ruled illegal in some jurisdictions

...in error, IMHO...

> and is a terrible system which invades the privacy of the caller.

...as opposed to the current system, where anyone can anonymously invade
my privacy at any time...

> While I can provide further details, suffice it to say in this example 
> "what if I don't want the pizza place to know what pizza I ordered the 
> last time or if there has even been a last time."

Make a private call (either through cancel-caller-ID, or by routing the
call through the operator or the long-distance service of your choice).

When was the last time you ordered a pizza without giving them your 
address and phone number anyway?

Peter da Silva