Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: dhesi@bsu-cs.uucp (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Perfect solution to caller privacy Message-ID: Date: 24 Mar 89 20:24:52 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.uucp Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 18 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 111, message 5 of 7 I just discovered the perfect solution to the caller privacy issue. Suppose you make a telephone call and the callee is automatically refusing calls unless the caller is willing to identify himself. You hear a tone and a voice that says: "*Blip* *Bleep* *Blurp* This call cannot be completed as dialed unless you enable caller identification. You can do this by flashing the switchook once, or by dialing *7 on your touch tone telephone, *NOW*." There is now a five-second wait. If you enable caller id as instructed, your call goes through immediately and you don't even have to redial. -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!dhesi ARPA: dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu