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- From: gtolar@xcluud.sccsi.com (Glynne Tolar)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Caller ID
- Message-ID: <Brq74p.6vB@xcluud.sccsi.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 06:24:24 GMT
- References: <R2q3NB2w163w@fractal> <BrLL2B.M8M@andy.bgsu.edu> <1992Jul20.010251.22840@kcwc.com>
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- In article <1992Jul20.010251.22840@kcwc.com> curt@kcwc.com (Curt Welch) writes:
- >In sci.electronics, ferguson@andy.bgsu.edu (Douglas Ferguson) writes:
- >>The *ideal* solution -- and one the phone company is reluctant to
- >>offer because they can't get RICH off of it -- is to have CALL TRACE,
- >>an existing technology whereby ...
- >
- >I'm not sure what you're saying here, but in cause some people
- >don't know it, this feature is offered by C&P. Anyone can use it
- >and there's no charge. You type a * code (I forget actual code -
- >it's in the phone book) and the number of the last person that
- >called you is saved so that it can be given to the police - the
- >customer never sees it.
- >
- >Curt
-
- We have that service in SE Texas and leave it to Southwestern Bell and our
- Public Utilities Comission, we pay $1/month for the service (no install
- fee, believe it or not) and $8 for each sucessful call trace used. Nice
- guys!
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