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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!hubcap!charlet
- From: charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV)
- Subject: Re: New Supra Chipset:Caller ID:Condoms
- Message-ID: <1992Nov9.140226.7423@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Clemson University
- References: <Bx63p4.F9r@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Nov5.051539.13787@tronsbox.xei.com> <1992Nov5.104642.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> <Bx9AsI.7xM@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> <1992Nov6.213404.2247@sth.frontec.se> <1992Nov7.040251.19837@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1992Nov9.091646.25319@sth.frontec.se>
- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 14:02:26 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- bjst@sth.frontec.se (Bjorn Stenberg) writes:
-
- >> bjst@sth.frontec.se (Bjorn Stenberg) writes:
- >> >However, this makes me even more confused. If you positively *will* give
- >> >out your phone number in order to have the BBS call you back, what's the
- >> >problem with having the modem do it for you?
-
- >charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV) writes:
- >> NOT ALL OF THE WORLD CALLS FROM HOME. That's right. ;-)
-
- >So?
- >Where ever you're calling from, you've got to give (at least) THAT number in
- >order to have the call-back verifier find you. Same goes for CID, except you
- >won't have to type the number yourself.
- >I still fail to see the difference.
-
- How about those of us that don't call a BBS from the same place all the time?
- Are we allowed to have a separate account for each number we use? ;-) Or would
- you rather have just the "correct" number that you would use to reach us,
- whether or not we actually modem from that number is another story.
- (Re: Services like PC Pursuit/ dial outs to avoid long distance charges, etc.)
-
- > -- Bjorn
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