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- From: dwn@dwn.ccd.bnl.gov (Dave Niebuhr)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: CallerID in Area Code 516
- Message-ID: <telecom12.829.2@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 12:51:35 GMT
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 829, Message 2 of 9
-
- NYTel subscribers in the 516 area code (Nassau and Suffolk Counties on
- Long Island) are now able to subscribe to CallerID effective Nov. 1.
- The actuation of this service will be effective on November 16,
- however.
-
- When I called NYTel on Monday (11/1), the sales rep didn't metion the
- blocking options (per-call or per-line) and I'm assuming that she and
- the others figured that a recent bill insert explained it all and
- therefore they didn't have to mention it at the time of the order (I
- wonder how many people read these things).
-
- The monthly cost is $6.50 (US) if no other PhoneSmart(tm) options are
- used. I have Call Return and that with CID will be $8.50 (US) per
- month with per call blocking (free) and Call Trace ($1.50 (US) per
- use).
-
- The signup fee after the first six months of availability will be
- $16.00 (US) if a subscription is done then. Two free switchings of
- blocking will be allowed and there is a fee after that although I
- can't recall what it costs.
-
- A few questions now come to mind that I hope the readers of the Digest
- who have CID can answer:
-
- 1. Is the monthly cost reasonable both for the CID alone and also
- with one option?
-
- 2. Which is really the better blocking - per-call or per-line?
-
- 3. My oldest daughter and her husband have a cell phone on the A
- side; will their number be displayed on the ID box?
-
- 4. I played with the call block feature (*67 for me) and tried to dial
- through the stutter tone which left me with a dead line (absolutely
- nothing but silence. Waiting until after the stutter had completed,
- I was able to complete the call. Is this normal? Could this have
- been because I was calling a known non-working number (my former
- second line which had to be given up due to a massive cut in pay)?
-
-
- Dave Niebuhr Internet: niebuhr@bnl.gov / Bitnet: niebuhr@bnl
- Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973 (516)-282-3093
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