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- From: mandarin@cix.compulink.co.uk (Richard Cox)
- Subject: Caller ID
- Cc: mandarin@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Reply-To: mandarin@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:21:00 +0000
- Message-ID: <memo.894165@cix.compulink.co.uk>
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- jwp@aber.ac.uk (J W Perkins) asks:
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- >> I fail to see the advantage of having caller-ID on the 'phone for
- >> bona-fide callers, whose number you are likley to have anyway.
- >> Can someone enlighten me?
-
- It will of course depend on the social interaction once the facility becomes
- available. But there should be an option to block any incoming calls, where
- the caller has disabled the Caller ID; use of this option may become normal,
- thus making the enabling of Caller ID virtually mandatory. But it's so much
- better this should happen by public acceptance, than by any "directive".
-
- Richard D G Cox
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