Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Mon, 29 Apr 91 16:16:51 -0600 From: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Caller ID and Name Being Tested by US West Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest 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 317, Message 3 of 13 Lines: 34 > 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. Greetings, This service is currently available in (believe it or not) Boise, ID. I believe that we are a test area, and one of the first areas to be provided the service. Now if we can get the ACLU and certain other groups to quit howling about invasion of privacy we may get some decent peripherals, like intelligent call handling based on the caller. Bruce Carter, Courseware Development Coordinator Lab: (208) 385-1859 Faculty Development Lab - Room 213 Office: (208) 385-1250 Simplot/Micron Technology Center CompuServe ID: 76666,511 Boise State University CREN (BITNET): duscarte@idbsu 1910 University Drive Internet: duscarte@idbsu.idbsu.edu Boise, ID 83725 --> Preferred: bcarter@claven.idbsu.edu [Moderator's Note: If the Boys of Boise will be quiet for awhile, huh? Does anyone other than me remember the famous documentary by that name from the early 1960's which discussed the witchunt against people suspected of being gay in Boise during the 1950's? Fanned in large part by the {Idaho Statesman} and its infamous headline, "We Must Crush the Monsters", that was a sad era in your city's history. But I digress ... carry on! PAT]