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From: brewster@ihuxy.ATT.COM (Greg Brewster)
Newsgroups: comp.society
Subject: Re: Telephone Privacy
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Date: Mon, 19-Oct-87 19:47:00 EDT
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John Owens replies to the comment:

> > ([C&P] stands to profit by [calling number ID devices'] use)
> 
> Let's not just assume that.  In what ways does it stand to profit?

Just so we are not too naive about this: I am a member of the AT&T Bell Labs
software laboratory developing this feature for the 5ESS (tm) telephone
switch.  If C&P is using this feature on a 5ESS (tm) switch:

(1) AT&T will profit in selling this software to C&P.

(2) C&P will charge customers who wish to have this Calling ID feature
	a monthly fee per phone line, just as for Call Forwarding, Call 
	Waiting, or any other feature.

(3) C&P will also offer a "Calling ID Privacy" feature where, for an
	additional fee, a customer may specify that his/her number is
	NOT to be displayed if he/she calls a line with the Calling ID
	feature.

The "device" required to get the number displayed is an ISDN-compatible
"telephone/terminal" or CPE.  These devices will be sold freely by various
manufacturers just as telephones are sold today.

Greg Brewster

[These views aren't necessarily those of AT&T, C&P or anyone else]