Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax.uwo.ca!telecom-request From: ruck@reef.cis.ufl.edu (John Ruckstuhl) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Urban Legend? -- Caller IDentified Sues and Wins! Message-ID: Date: 24 Mar 91 01:10:39 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: EE Dept at UF Lines: 20 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 233, Message 4 of 12 In article jean@hrcca.att.com (Nancy J Airey) writes: > The story goes that a woman in Florida with "caller ID" on her phone > was receiving obscene phone calls. She reported the phone number to > the police and the caller was charged. > The caller sued her for invasion of privacy and won. Probably not in Florida -- a Southern Bell Customer Service person told me that CallerID wasn't available in Florida (yet) because of current state laws. An easy way to disprove the story is to verify my information (left as an exercise to the reader -- I don't know who to ask for *guaranteed* accurate information, but I'm sure some of you do. :) Best Regards, John R Ruckstuhl, Jr ruck@alpha.ee.ufl.edu Dept of Electrical Engineering ruck@cis.ufl.edu, uflorida!ruck University of Florida ruck%sphere@cis.ufl.edu, sphere!ruck