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From: elisa@mmm.UUCP (Elisa Collins)
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Subject: Re: Telephone Privacy
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Date: Mon, 26-Oct-87 13:53:22 EST
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Greg Brewster writes:

> (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.

So your're selling a service which will allow people to invade the
privacy of others, AND selling a service which people need to have to
block such an invasion.  I don't mean to flame YOU, Greg, but this is
really rotten.  I think you should tell your manager about this net
discussion, and that people are objecting to this system on ethical grounds.

Elisa Collins