Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: herbison@ultra.enet.dec.com (B.J. 15-Feb-1991 1359) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Caller*ID Message-ID: Date: 17 Feb 91 00:55:14 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 24 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 4 of 9 In Telecom Volume 11 : Issue 116, Peter da Silva writes: > For true answering machine freaks... Caller-ID hooked to something like > Watson! > A call from your clients: "Frobozz consulting. If you know the extension > please dial it now, or leave a message at the sound of the tone..." > A call from any telemarketer number you've managed to snag: "I'm > sorry, we don't accept unsolicited advertising at this line." My first thought was large numbers of people exchanging lists of telemarketer numbers. My second thought was the problems caused when a telemarketer changes numbers and someone else gets the number -- someone who is a friend or a potential client. Or what if a residential number gets placed on the list as a joke or out of malice. The chance of a problem is slight, unless large numbers of people start exchanging telemarketer numbers. `Telemarketer' is a dirty word, be careful when you use it. B. J. [not a telemarketer]