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Re: Caller-ID modem (was Re: repost from comp.dcom.telecom

#186
From: John F. Haugh II
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 02:24
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In article <51LMMK4@taronga.com> peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <1992Dec30.152503.14511@novell.com> bboerner@novell.com (Brendan B. Boerner) writes:
>>And if that's true, what do we need SWB providing this
>>service for?
>
>Because they're the only ones who can provide the signal.

If Caller ID is as good as Call Return and Call Que, I suspect SWB
won't be providing that signal very often.  Nine times out of 10 I
wasn't able to "Call Return" or "Call Que."  When (or if ...) Caller
ID becomes available, I won't be wasting my money on it.
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From: jfh@rpp386 (John F. Haugh II)
Subject: Re: Caller-ID modem (was Re: repost from comp.dcom.telecom
Message-ID: <1992Dec31.022414.7711@rpp386>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
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