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

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 19:13
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In article <C0GIpt.12LB@austin.ibm.com> linas@boardhead.austin.ibm.com writes:
>The point is the phone company COULD HAVE proposed a Caller ID scheme,
>and chose not to.

How could the phone company possibly know who's calling? The only verifiable
information they have is the calling phone number.
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From: peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: Caller-ID modem (was Re: repost from comp.dcom.telecom
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