Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: kahuna!newton@csvax.caltech.edu (Mike Newton) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Calling Party ID Suspension (Mike Newton) Message-ID: Date: 14 Mar 89 11:19:50 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Lines: 28 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 6 of 8 There is one "solution" to the problem, though it is expensive. It does have the advantage that it is close to what many people on this list already do: [1] Have a private (unlisted) number that you give to friends and people that you would like to call. Put a normal phone on this line. [2] Have a second line which is your "outgoing" line. Put a phone on it that has the ringer disabled. Note that #2 would also make a very good computer line... - mike ps: I agree w/ the suggestion that "allow blocking by caller, but that the called number can have the phone co. record the info". However, if that isn't implemented, the above would be _my_ solution. Of course, Hawaii has GTE, and this island is so backward i suspect they still use step-by-step, so i dont have to worry much.... From the bit bucket in the middle of the Pacific... Mike Newton newton@csvax.caltech.edu Caltech Submillimeter Observatory kahuna!newton@csvax.caltech.edu Post Office Box 4339 Hilo Hawaii 96720 808 935 1909 "Reality is a lie that hasn't been found out yet..."