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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 91 18:19:32 mst
From: David Dodell <ddodell@stjhmc.fidonet.org>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Caller ID and Name Being Tested by US West
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On <Sat, Apr 27 00:29>, TELECOM Moderator (...!eecs.nwu.edu!telecom )
wrote:

> [Moderator's Note: Well I would rather suspect the owner of the box
> has to load the information matching certain numbers and names. How
> would telco know who was calling? All they can say for sure is the
> number.  PAT]

Actually that is coming.  I was at a friend's house who works for US
West.  I was reading their internal weekly newsletter, and it said
that US West was testing a Called ID scheme in Nebraska (I think) that
would deliver both the calling number and subscriber name.  The
article went on to say that this was unique where all other systems
only delivered the calling number.


David

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