Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: dts@cloud9.stratus.com (Daniel Senie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Yes! Directory Assistance via Modem Message-ID: Date: 24 Mar 89 05:46:35 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc., Marlboro, MA Lines: 24 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 112, message 3 of 4 Several people have made the argument that CPID does not reveal the caller's name or other such information and therefore does not really provide information which would violate privacy. I beg to differ: A year or two ago NYNEX announced plans to distribute the white pages on CD-ROM. They claimed to get all NYNEX market telephone listings on a single disc. While this information would not necessarily be indexed by phone number, building such an index is not difficult. So, a person or company with CPID interfaced to a PC or minicomputer could display the caller's name and address while the phone is still ringing. Dan ================================= Personally I wish NET would just get around to providing touch-tone in this town! All of these services are just a pip dream in this area. NYNEX doesn't seem to feel that it is important to provide advanced services outside the cities. -- Daniel Senie UUCP: harvard!ulowell!cloud9!dts Stratus Computer, Inc. ARPA: anvil!cloud9!dts@harvard.harvard.edu 55 Fairbanks Blvd. CSRV: 74176,1347 Marlboro, MA 01752 TEL.: 508 - 460 - 2686