Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Many Software Designers of Caller ID Also Disliked it Message-ID: Date: 24 Feb 91 02:42:49 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: A corner of our bedroom Lines: 18 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 154, Message 12 of 12 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu The phone company doesn't need to sell a service that would block telemarketing calls (ie, blocked call blocking) ... Caller*ID and call-block provide all you need. Just build a box that eats the first ring and dumps the call if the caller-ID says "refused". How cheaply could this be made? (peter@taronga.uucp.ferranti.com) [Moderator's Note: Wouldn't you need such a box right at the demark ahead of any phones on your premises? Otherwise what would prevent an exension from ringing? Also, would this box need to output ringing current to ring the phones if the call met your conditions, or would the box itself have some sort of warbler in it? PAT]