Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: @ll-vlsi.ARPA:black@ll-micro (Jerry Glomph Black) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: caller ID service Message-ID: Date: 13 Mar 89 20:42:51 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Reply-To: @ll-vlsi.ARPA:black@micro Lines: 11 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 89, message 3 of 8 Patrick, a big yes vote with your side! How the hell does a caller have the right to anonymity! THEY SURE AS BLEEP know who you, the recipient, are! The ACLU is better off defending Nazis in Peoria, or other All-American wholesome activities. If a caller wants to be untraceable, they can use the time-honored technique of using a payphone (yes, even a dreaded COCOT!). This has been a technique beloved of careful whistle-blowers, informants, bookies, u-name-it. I would allow anonymity to callers, but at a $2.00 charge, half to the phone co., half to me! Jerry G Black, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood St. C-120, Lexington MA 02173 Phone (617) 981-4721 Fax (617) 862-9057 black@micro@VLSI.LL.MIT.EDU