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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Groan, CALLER-ID Again??
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Date: 6 Mar 90 01:53:04 GMT
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> Folks, Ma's kids don't just want Caller-ID for the revenue it
> generates directly. THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF HELPING YOU ON
> ANNOYING CALLS.

Since they DON'T HELP YOU ON ANNOYING CALLS ANYWAY, who cares?

Like you say, they give you the runaround. Even after you get the
extra CLASS services short of Caller*ID, they'll still give you the
runaround.  What good is Call*Trace if no action is ever taken? I just
want the tools to solve my own bloody problem. And according to that
same NPR segment, it's working. I wish SWBell would quit trying to
scam extra bucks out of BBS operators to subsidise their truely awful
videotex service (which they just dropped out of, anyway), and get to
work on something that'll actually do us some good. 


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