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From: bill@gauss.eedsp.gatech.edu (bill)
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Subject: Caller ID in Atlanta
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Date: 19 Dec 90 21:14:22 GMT
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I had a chance to speak with the Southern Bell PR folks earlier and
have some word of note to pass on.  Mention may have been made here on
Telecomm Digest about Ga. Public Service Commission approval to
Southern Bell for the implementation of Caller ID for a one-year trial
period.

According to SBT&T, "Caller ID is expected to be on-line for
SS7-equipped COs no later than February 14 for the metropolitan
Atlanta area.  Outlying areas of Georgia are expected to be on-line by
mid-1991."  The monthly charge will be $6.00 for residential customers
(I have no word on the rate for a business line).

By granting approval for a one-year trial period, the Georgia PSC has
permitted Southern Bell to get on-line with the service with a
minimum of pre-deployment wrangling in the courts.  Others' personal
opinions notwithstanding, I think this is a wise and prudent decision.
The "trial" period will bear out whether or not any of the alleged
shortcomings of Caller ID will actually emerge.  I'll encourage others
to respond to the moral/ethical/other implications of Caller ID by way
of the Telecom-Privacy mailing list.


Bill Berbenich   Georgia Tech    Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp: ...!{backbones}!gatech!eedsp!bill   Internet: bill@eedsp.gatech.edu


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