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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: Caller-ID
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Date: 24 Oct 90 18:17:51 GMT
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David Gast suggests various alternatives for dealing with prank calls:

> Use an answering machine and just don't pay any attention to his calls.
> If it's the middle of the night, wait until morning.

I guess I can safely assume you have no relatives in other time zones.

> > If Caller-ID was in place, this would not happen.

> Not necessarily.  What if he is calling from out of LATA?

Then he's paying for the call. Munchkins can't afford that.

> What if he is calling from out of state?  What if he is calling from 
> a PBX or someother device like a cellular phone that will not provide 
> a phone number?

Not the category I get nuisance calls from. I can just see some of these
munchkins explaining all those toll charges to their parents.

> What if he calls you from a different pay phone every night?

Then he'll catch cold and I won't have to worry.

> Call-blocking can and will be implemented regardless of whether caller-id
> is.  And given the scenarios above, caller id is not that much of deterent.

Your scenarios, not mine.

> Further, Caller Id may increase your nuisance calls, since everyone and
> every cretin that works for everyone you call will now have your phone
> number.

If they want my phone number it's in the white pages.

Peter da Silva