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- From: tommy@superlink.net (Tom Snyder)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Frustration with USR
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 20:25:04 GMT
- Organization: SuperNet Inc. (908) 828-8988
- Message-ID: <315c2666.3758352@news.superlink.net>
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- norbk@earth.execpc.com (Norb Kabacinski) wrote:
-
- >In article <3156cae2.4573879@news.superlink.net>, tsnyder@eclipse.net wrote:
- >
- >>Besides, what difference does it make? You asked how USR would know if
- >>"there would be demand for CID on the Couriers" and I was telling you
- >>that the demand was already there. Don't change your question after the
- >>fact.
- >
- > You call yourself wanting it a "demand"? Heck, we were just offered caller
- >ID a couple years ago. Not 5+!!!
-
- Maybe where you are located you've only had it for a couple of years but
- here in New Jersey we've had it for well more than 5 years. In fact I
- believe NJ Bell/Bell Atlantic was the first ones to offer it in the US.
- I believe the year was 1989.
-
- >>>You needed it or wanted it? I need a million dollars, I think USR should
- >>>offer it with the next flash update.
- >>
- >>Smart ass, huh? Yes, I NEEDED it. Anyone that has run a BBS and has
- >>CID will tell you that it is vital to the security of their system. It's
- >>unfortunate but a fact of life that some people get their jollies by
- >>trying to crash, hack into, or otherwise disrupt the operations of a
- >>successful BBS operation. CID is a frontline defense that works well to
- >>stop these people.
- >
- > And caller ID can be blocked just as easy....
-
- There's two solutions to Caller ID blocking. There is usually
- BBS-specific software available to not allow people that block their
- Caller ID on to your system and then there is the phone company's
- Anonymous Call Rejection (*77 in my area) which will reject all blocked
- calls before the phone even rings.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------
- Tom Snyder
- (No, not the television talkshow host)
- tsnyder@eclipse.net tommy@superlink.net
- -- Every thought's a possibility --
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