Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Leichter-Jerry@cs.yale.edu Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Senate Bill: If ID Available, Must Offer Blocking Message-ID: <3519@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 4 Feb 90 04:19:00 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 11 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 75, message 8 of 13 Earlier this week - Monday or Tuesday - the {New York Times} ran an article about a bill submitted to the Senate that would require all phone companies that supply Caller*ID to also supply caller blocking. As I recall, it was introduced by a senator from Wisconsin. I meant to type it in but forgot, and the paper has now vanished. Just thought you'd like to know. -- Jerry