Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu (David E. Bernholdt) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: CLID for 911 - who pays? Message-ID: Date: 23 Mar 89 23:11:05 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Reply-To: "David E. Bernholdt" Organization: University of Florida Quantum Theory Project Lines: 19 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 107, message 4 of 6 I've noted many mentions in the discussions of calling line ID that 911 get the number anyway. Of course that's only true if the 911 equipment can handle CLID. Here in Alachua County, Florida, they've recently upgraded their 911 equipment so that it can handle CLID -- and every subscriber in the county gets an item like "E911 Upgrade" on their local service billing to pay for it (at $0.50/month). We're all familiar with the local BOC acting as a billing agent for the long-distance carriers and the like, but is there any limit to what (whom) a BOC can collect for? Just out of curiousity, does anyone know of other cases where the BOC is collecting "taxes" for a local government? -- David Bernholdt bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu Quantum Theory Project bernhold@ufpine.bitnet University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 904/392 6365