Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!att!pacbell.com!ucsd!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: technews@iitmax.iit.edu (Tech News Account) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Many Software Designers of Caller ID Also Disliked it Message-ID: Date: 17 Feb 91 01:52:47 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Reply-To: technews@iitmax.iit.edu (Tech News Account) Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology Lines: 12 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 125, Message 2 of 9 I still like my (and several other people`s) old idea: There are MANY services which are only available to BUSINESS customers ... why not make CALLER*ID available only to RESIDENTIAL customers? That would eliminate the direct marketing and call back fears, and still leave it avail. for personal use... so what if it doesn`t help the pizza parlors cull fake orders. kadokev@iitvax.bitnet technews@iitmax.edu My employer disagrees.