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- From: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com (Dewey Coffman)
- Newsgroups: austin.general
- Subject: Re: PUC: Caller ID illegal ad nauseum
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.213034.591@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 21:30:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.195940.29525@awdprime.austin.ibm.com>, mbrown@testsys.austin.ibm.com (Mark Brown) writes:
- |> >
- |> > You don't have to remember Phone Numbers, the little Caller ID
- |> > boxes allow you to input names associated with the number OR
- |>
- |> The ones I've seen don't come with a keyboard, or a PC. Just a little
- |> LCD display.
- Guess you don't get enough junk mail. I've seen lots of these,
- even the ones Damark was selling had that feature, read the features
- list. The PC doesn't come with it(of course), it's a add-on card &
- software. As a matter of fact, Rochelle Communications in the Austin
- Technology Incubator makes one and probably sells it outside of
- Texas RIGHT NOW.
- |>
- |> > plug it into you PeeCee and when the phone rings, you get all
- |> > the same info on them(assuming they've called before and you
- |> > logged the info into YOUR database).
- |>
- |> All of this for the same utility you get now from the answering machine.
- |>
- If they hang up without leaving a message, I get NONE of that. If
- the phone rings twice(the Caller ID info is sent between the first
- and second ring) I get to know everything.(time of call, number etc)
- Lots of people don't leave messages, how do I get that info with
- no message? "2:00pm Today message BZZZZZZ(dial tone, hangup) real
- useful.
-
- |> *IFF*:
- |> we get Per Line (turn off the line all the time) Blocking
- |> (so I don't have to hit "*7Foo" every time I call)
- |> -and-
- |> we get Per Call Blocking
-
- Aftermarket devices can do that. You MAY be able to do that now?
- |> -and-
- |> we don't have to pay to Block
- |>
- |> *then* Caller ID will be a Good Thing for the "rest of us".
-
- Fine, voice your opinion to someone that can do something about it.
- I do, and I don't have near the restrictions you put on it.
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- Dewey Coffman ibmpa!vpdbox.austin.ibm.com!dewey%ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com
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