Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!fernwood!portal!sv!gundrum From: gundrum@svc.portal.com Subject: Re: Caller ID problems Message-ID: <1991Apr12.205159.9315@svc.portal.com> Sender: gundrum@sv.portal.com (Eric Gundrum) Organization: Software Ventures Corporation, Berkeley References: <1991Mar30.043415.7314@odin.corp.sgi.com> <13945@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1991Apr5.212502.22001@eci386.uucp> <1991Apr10.155422.26742@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Distribution: us Date: Fri, 12 Apr 91 20:51:59 GMT >Allow anyone to set a default when they get their phone service and >allow for easy changing when you dial Most phone companies think they are in the business of making money, not providing service. They want to charge extra for the unusual service of blocking the calling numbers. This charge (about $5 per month for constant blocking proposed in CA) is far more than it should cost them. One item that seems to be lacking in this discussion is that the proposed blocking schemes are not really private. There is a function that will call back the last person who called you, even if that person had a "private number." Also, there is a feature that will allow you to inform the police of the last number that called you, even if it was private. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Any statements made by this account are strictly based on heresay and should be assumed to have no intelligence behind them. (No, that does not mean they have the approval of management.) gundrum@svc.portal.com