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From: dave@jato.jpl.nasa.gov (Dave Hayes)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Caller ID problems
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.185518.9876@jato.jpl.nasa.gov>
Date: 1 Apr 91 18:55:18 GMT
References: <13945@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1991Mar30.230852.9730@menudo.uh.edu> <13948@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1991Apr1.024412.6474@menudo.uh.edu>
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jet@karazm.math.uh.edu ("J. Eric Townsend") writes:

>In article <13948@helios.TAMU.EDU> byron@archone.tamu.edu (Byron Rakitzis) writes:
>>I don't see how per-call blocking is a nice compromise, either. It rather
>>defeats the purpose of caller ID, don't you think?

>Get a clue -- if you don't recognize the number, don't pick up the phone.

Boy...I can see a whole HOST of problems this brings up.

You are at a pay phone trying to call a friend. Your friend, who is paranoid
about answering calls that he doesn't know the number of, decides not to
answer the phone because he doesn't recognize the number of that pay phone.

You try to make a phone call from a house who's owner believes in not
giving his number out (especially if you are using his phone to call
someone he doesn't know). The person you are trying to call is the same 
friend in the previous example...AND he blocks calls that refuse to identify
themselves.

If it ain't broke...don't fix it. This whole Caller ID thing is pretty
much BS imposed by TelCo in order to be able to trace phone calls faster.

Just anouther $0.02.

-- 
Dave Hayes -  dave@elxr.jpl.nasa.gov - ames!elroy!dxh

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