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1996-07-16 - Re: Can’t block caller ID in Massachusetts?

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From: Erika <esherman@umich.edu>
To: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
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Message ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960715140934.12554D-100000@strudel.rs.itd.umich.edu>
Reply To: <199607151636.MAA04446@jekyll.piermont.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-07-16 01:25:18 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:25:18 +0800

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From: Erika <esherman@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:25:18 +0800
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Subject: Re: Can't block caller ID in Massachusetts?
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Sometimes if you have the operator dial the number, the caller ID won't 
work (and neither will ANI).



On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> 
> Eric Murray writes:
> > When I called the Pac Bell customer service droids to get my "complete"
> > blocking I asked them why they won't block CID to 800 numbers.
> > Their answer: "that's just the way it works". 
> 
> There is a really easy reason for this.
> 
> When you call an 800 number, the other guy gets billed. The person
> that gets billed has a legal right to know the call details of a toll
> call they are paying for. If you don't want them to know where you are
> calling from, don't ask them to pay for it.
> 
> Perry
>

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