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From: john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Information about Answering Machine
Message-ID: <1654@anasaz.UUCP>
Date: 11 Mar 89 23:10:43 GMT
References: <1467@PSUECLB> <3623@mit-amt>
Reply-To: john@anasaz.UUCP (John Moore)
Organization: Anasazi Inc, Phoenix AZ
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In article <3623@mit-amt> pshen@atrp.media.mit.edu (Paul Shen) writes:
]In article <1467@PSUECLB> was@psueclb.BITNET writes:
]>    I have interest to buy an answering machine which has the
]>capability to display the incoming telephone number before I pick
]>up the phone receiver.
]
]	There isn't such a product and it also will never be on the
]market, if we keep on the current telephone system.

	In some areas of the East Coast, you can now get ANI (automatic
number identification) service by paying a service charge and buying
a ~$40 box to display caller's number. As ISDN is installed (already
available at many residences here in Phoenix), this service is automatic -
part of the ISDN protocol includes the caller's number.

	There have been some privacy flames about this in the news
media, so its possible that ANI will be outlawed.

[so... when will they outlaw telephone solicitors??? ]
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