Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Alternative to CPID Message-ID: Date: 30 Mar 89 16:04:05 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 17 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 118, message 3 of 6 CLID is a gimmick, it is another of the services that they can offer, and will try to have another billable item. It's right in there in the package with what I call "residential centrex" where they provide all sorts of silly items like the ability to use multiple different numbers in your house as an intercom. Not many people would consider installing a different telephone line in each room to do this (I guess I might, but I can guarantee that I'm the only one in the municipal area to have 10 residence lines). -Ron [Moderator's Note: I have 'Starline' on the phones in my home. Room-to-room intercom; putting calls on hold on one line, picking up elsewhere on another line; answer any incoming call from any other line; transfer incoming or outgoing call not only within my premise but off-premises; more. I think it's a great feature for $5.50 per line/month. I have two numbers. PT]