Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 29 Apr 91 16:48:49 GMT From: Toby Nixon Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Per Line Blocking? Message-ID: Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 316, Message 4 of 12 Lines: 20 In article , the Moderator commented: > [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, they ARE working on including the subscriber name along with the number in future "Caller ID" systems. The name delivered will be the subscriber name associated with number according to the phone company's computers. It _still_ won't constitute "Caller" ID, but "Calling Line" ID. Toby Nixon, Principal Engineer | Voice +1-404-840-9200 Telex 151243420 Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc. | Fax +1-404-447-0178 CIS 70271,404 P.O. Box 105203 | UUCP uunet!hayes!tnixon AT&T !tnixon Atlanta, Georgia 30348 USA | Internet hayes!tnixon@uunet.uu.net