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From: cs4304ak@evax.arl.utexas.edu (David Richardson)
Newsgroups: alt.privacy,comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Caller ID problems
Keywords: Caller ID
Message-ID: <1991Mar30.202711.15055@evax.arl.utexas.edu>
Date: 30 Mar 91 20:27:11 GMT
References: <13801@asylum.SF.CA.US> <1991Mar29.154847.16915@engin.umich.edu> <1991Mar29.195940.12006@eng.umd.edu>
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Does anyone have a problem with caller-id IF the following were
universally true:

1.  customers can tell the telco never to reveal thier number via
caller-id unless explicitly told otherwise.  This would be free.

2.  Customers can on a call-by-call basis either disable or (if #1 were
in effect) enable caller-id.  This would either be free or charged
per-call, with X free uses per month.

(#2 is primarily for use on pay phones or when calling businesses that
demand caller ID &, for whatever reason, you are still willing to give
them your business).

Yes, I know there are places that this isn't true.  Time to lobby the
utility commissions.
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