Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: system@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (system administrator) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Many Software Designers of Caller ID Also Disliked it Message-ID: Date: 3 Mar 91 02:18:43 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: Questor::Free Internet/Usenet*Vancouver*BC::+1 604 681.0670 Lines: 22 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 174, Message 4 of 9 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hub.eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu gast@cs.ucla.edu (David Gast) writes: > The arguments they make on TV about how CID will protect your privacy > is just propaganda, designed by their marketing staffs to affect the > biggest emotional appeal. Do you really think they would sell service > that will allow you block telemarketing calls? Those people are some > of their best customers. They may well be "some of their best customers", but the "little people" make up the bulk of the system, don't they? If each of us were to write to the appropriate regulators (public service commission or equivalent), then our voices might just be heard. Steve Pershing, System Administrator The QUESTOR PROJECT - Free Usenet News/Internet Mail; Sci, Med, AIDS, more Usenet: sp@questor.wimsey.bc.ca | POST: 1027 Davie Street, Box 486 Phones: Voice/FAX: +1 604 682-6659 | Vancouver, British Columbia Data/BBS: +1 604 681-0670 | Canada V6E 4L2