Xref: utzoo alt.privacy:351 comp.org.eff.talk:2088 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!wotan!moxie!sugar!ficc!taronga!peter From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: alt.privacy,comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Caller ID problems Message-ID: Date: 13 Apr 91 14:44:34 GMT References: <1991Apr12.140237.13950@menudo.uh.edu> Organization: A corner of our bedroom Lines: 18 mcbryde@karazm.math.uh.edu (Jack McBryde) writes: > Two points. 1) If you are worried about getting calls from them there > are simple ways to circumvent the problem. Get a second line to call from > and disconnect the ringer (one example). Just block caller-ID for that call. Why is it so hard to understand why people might want to do that? Legitimately. Caller-ID-blocking enhances the utility of callerID, allowing you to distinguish blocked calls from out-of-area ones. Just block calls where the ID is blocked. Think of it as an asshole filter. There are at least two boxes that will just block calls with the ID blocked, though ideally this should be a service offered by the phone company. -- (peter@taronga.uucp.ferranti.com) `-_-' 'U`