Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!telecom-request From: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Per Line Blocking? Message-ID: Date: 11 Apr 91 15:49:18 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: I.E.C.C. Lines: 22 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 284, Message 7 of 10 In article is written: > "What?", you say. "Do you want your line to always reveal your number > to any person you call that subscribes to Caller ID, or do you want it > to never reveal it?" You'll never get far in advertising. The question will be more like this: "Would you like your line automatically to take advantage of our new Caller*ID service, which, for a limited time only*, is available at no charge to you, and will allow your closest friends to know that you're calling, even before they pick up the phone?" (Yes, that's misleading. When did that ever stop the telco?) * - "limited time" == until we can persuade the PUC to charge both for per-line blocking and per-line unblocking. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!iecc!johnl