Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sun, 05 May 91 23:58:09 EDT From: Tony Harminc Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: ANI Caller ID Information Wanted 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 336, Message 7 of 11 Lines: 27 peg!pbwhite@igc.org wrote: > I am currently writing a paper on social aspects of Caller ID, or more > correctly Calling Number Display. > Can anyone tell me whether there was any public debate in the U.S when > the FCC authorized Automatic Number Identification for the long > distance carriers? If there wasn't any debate, how can we explain the > different response to Caller ID? Are there any good FCC sources for > information of this kind? Caller*ID is something that most people can understand to at least some extent. Even the hypothetical grandmother techno-peasant can probably be shown a Call Display box and understand what it does. ANI information passed by one large company to another is virtually impossible to explain to the grandmother, and distinguishing the possible social evils of ANI vs anything else that big companies may be perceived to do to people is even more difficult. I think it's as simple as that. Will your paper be generally available? I would be very interested in seeing a copy. Tony Harminc