Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Calling party ID Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 89 12:38:09 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Reply-To: rja@edison.CHO.GE.COM Organization: GE-Fanuc North America Lines: 17 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 91, message 3 of 5 The solution to the Calling Party ID privacy problem would seem to be to let subscribers who already have unlisted/unpublished numbers be hidden behind a "fake" telephone number. If the Caller ID person dialed the "fake" number a "this is not a valid number, contact the business office" intercept. If it was an annoying caller situation then the business office could use the "fake" number and find out who the real number that it associates with is assigned to. This way those of us with unpublished numbers would have our privacy rights protected and there would still be a way to address problems with abusive calling of one kind or another. If CENTEL tries to do what NJ Bell has done, I'll probably disconnect my phone altogether. rja@edison.CHO.GE.COM