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Date: Wed, 8 May 91 02:33:41 -0700
From: Steve Forrette <forrette@cory.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: The Phone Company and Personal Information
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In article <telecom11.341.9@eecs.nwu.edu> David writes:

> Many readers of this forum believe that AT&T should be able to sell
> ANI information on incoming 800 numbers.?  How would these readers feel
> if AT&T proposed to sell 800 calling patterns to anyone that wanted to
> buy them?  

I think this would be improper.  The reason I support the
unconditional delivery of ANI for incoming 800 calls is that the
recipient is paying for the call.  If someone doesn't want to be
identified, they shouldn't ask someone else to pay for the call.
Revealing the information to a third party without the caller's
permission is another issue entirely.


Steve Forrette,  forrette@cory.berkeley.edu