Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Wed, 29 May 91 13:18:04 +22322638 From: irvin@northstar105.dartmouth.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Caller ID Blocking Advertised Reply-To: irvin@northstar.dartmouth.edu 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 408, Message 5 of 7 Lines: 58 The following 1/4 page ad appeared yesterday, May 28, 1991, in the {Valley News}, (Lebanon, NH-White River Junction, VT, and surrounding area): +-----------------+ White River Junction Area Customers +------------------+ | | | | | I m p o r t a n t | | n o t i c e | | a b o u t C a l l e r I D | | B l o c k i n g. | | [note: This part took up 1/2 the ad. Large, bold letters] | | | | New England Telephone is offering response to this concern, New England | | White River Junction Area customers Telephone is now offering Per-Call | | a new generation of call management Blocking, a free method of "blocking" | | services. These new services are the transmission of your telephone | | call Phonesmart(SM) and are designed number to the Caller ID unit. | | to offer you increased convenience, {How to use Per-Call Blocking}. Since| | control and security. your line is already equipped for Per-| | One of the new Phonesmart services Call Blocking, all you have to do is | | is Caller ID. Caller ID enables a dial 1176 on a rotary phone or push | | subscriber to see the telephone num- *67 on a Touch-Tone phone equipped with | ber of a caller before picking up Touch-Tone service before dialing the | | the phone. When a phone call comes call you want blocked. | | in, the caller's telephone number If you have further questions or | | shows up on a small display device require assistance, just call your Ser- | connected to the subscriber's phone. vice Representative at the telephone | | However, in certain instances, some number listed on the New England | | people don't want their number iden- Telephone Itemization of Account | | tified by the person they're page of your bill. | | calling. In | | | | [The next lines were in {very} small print] | | These are services (products) whose prices are not regulated. Comparable | | services may be available in a more fully regulated form. [yea right, from| | whom?] Ask your local business office for a comparison with those | | services, and then decide whether you prefer these service offerings. | | | | {BELL LOGO} N e w E n g l a n d T e l e p h o n e | | A NYNEX Company | | | Note: All [] comments, and misspellings are mine. The formatting is a close as possible given a mono-spaced font. I wonder what these comparable services are.... I like how "In response to this concern, NET in now offering PCB....", makes them seem so understanding to customers' privacy concerns, when I am sure they must of fought tooth-and-nail to keep Blocking out all together. Tim Irvin