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In article <1993Jan8.120933.16980@montagar.com> davidc@montagar.com (David L. Cathey) writes:
>	800 numbers business are paying the bill for your convenience,

And theirs.

>I don't think I've
>*ever* been bothered by someone from a business from when I called their 800
>number.

I *know* I have.

>	Nothing prevents you from getting a 800/900 number if you find
>CLID that important.

Why should I pay for free calls when all I want is the CLID feature? I
think EVERYTHING the phone company sells should be unbundled like that,
so long as there's technical justification (as opposed to the tone dial
scam).

>	Currently, I have control over my phone number, which I pay for the
>privilege of having.  I ought to be able to control who I hand it out to.

I agree. And I ought to be able to control whether you can call me if you
won't tell me who you are.

>The default ought to be the number stays private *UNLESS* I agree first.

If you want that, you should have that, but if SWB doesn't offer that
service you should still be able to program your phone to automatically
dial *whatever first.
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