Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!m2c!jjmhome!davep
From: davep@jjmhome.UUCP (Dave Pascoe)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Information about Answering Machine
Summary: Other customer tests have been conducted
Message-ID: <3212@jjmhome.UUCP>
Date: 12 Mar 89 17:03:11 GMT
References: <1467@PSUECLB> <3623@mit-amt> <19858@prls.UUCP>
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>       Some phone companies will soon (if not already) be offering a
>     device that will attatch to your phone and display the phone
>     number of the originating party.
>       I read of this several months ago and more recently read that
>     Pacific Bell will be testing the new service in the San Fransisco
>     area.
> 
There have been customer acceptance tests conducted on this technology by
Bell of Pennsylvania in the Harrisburg, PA area.  I think they took place a 
couple of years ago.  The device tested had the ability to display the
telephone number of the incoming caller, "lock out" certain numbers from
being able to call yours, and a couple others I can't remember.  I wonder
what the results of those tests were.  Anybody out there know??
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