Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!uwm.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!lll-winken!telecom-request From: bilver!bill@uunet.uu.net (Bill Vermillion) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Urban Legend? -- Caller IDentified Sues and Wins! Message-ID: Date: 25 Mar 91 15:32:00 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL Lines: 33 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 241, Message 11 of 13 In article ruck@reef.cis.ufl.edu (John Ruckstuhl) writes: > 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. :) However Call Tracing has been available in Southern Bell switches in metro Orlando for several years, and United makes it available on April 1. Call Tracing stores the callers number at the phone company and they will turn that number over to the police (or other law enforcement agencies) for proscecution if the called person wants that done. The number will not be given the the called person. United is also implelementing for the first time in this area call-back, call-block and a couple of other minor things. Bill Vermillion - UUCP: uunet!tarpit!bilver!bill : bill@bilver.UUCP