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- From: bhayden@teal.csn.org (Bruce Hayden)
- Subject: Re: Caller ID suggestion
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 14:42:57 GMT
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- jdc@access.digex.com (John Cochran) writes:
-
- >The way I see the Caller ID problem breaks down into two major catergories.
-
- > 1. Calls being made to commercial businesses.
- > For this type of call, I fully support the ability to block caller ID. I
- > currently receive far too many unsolited offers for "products, services,
- > etc." to allow yet another source of information for a business to
- > annoy me.
-
- > 2. Calls being made to private individuals.
- > For this type of call, I can't justify being able to block caller ID.
-
- >I would like to hear comments on this.
-
- How would you tell them apart? Besides, large businesses already have
- your number throught 800 services. So, this would only affect small
- businesses - the ones that probably couln't capitalize on it anyway.
-
- Bruce E. Hayden
- (303) 758-8400
- bhayden@csn.org
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