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From: sunil@ut-ngp.UUCP (Sunil Trivedi)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Anti-obscene phone calls ?
Message-ID: <1570@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 6-Apr-85 20:36:56 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr  6 20:36:56 1985
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Organization: The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
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Presently Southwestern Bell is testing an Anti-Obscene 
procedure in Austin, Texas.  The procedure is as follows:

	1) Crank/Obscene Call Occurs
	2) Phone is Hung-up
	3) Then a Series of digits are pressed on phone
	   depending on whether line is tone or pulse
	4) Automatically the number that was called from
	   (caller) is sent to the police department
	   along with your phone number of course
	5) On next bill from Southwestern Bell Telephone,
	   a charge of $5 for use of this feature is
	   included

One note, at this time only a handful of exchanges are
included.  A call from an exchange not included cannot
be traced so the police will not get the caller's number
but you will still get charged for trying.  This feature
is called Automatic Trace [I believe] and is part of a
package of new services Southwestern Bell is providing.
You do not sign up for the services like Call-Waiting,
as they are present and you get charged when you use it.