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

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From: John Iacoletti
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 23:02

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In article <QVTMV06@taronga.com>, peter@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
 
|> How could the phone company possibly know who's calling? The only verifiable
|> information they have is the calling phone number.

They know the name of the person who is responsible for paying the
bills for that phone number.  In fact, SW Bell's proposal included the
option of displaying either the name or the number.  If a different
person is the one making the phone call, then you're right.

-- 
John Iacoletti       IBM AWS Austin       Internet: johniac@austin.ibm.com
        My opinions do not reflect the views of the IBM Corporation
"Why should I be tagged with the epithet 'loony', merely because I have a pet
 halibut?"

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From: johniac@johniac.austin.ibm.com (John Iacoletti)
Subject: Re: Caller-ID modem (was Re: repost from comp.dcom.telecom
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