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From: Miguel_Cruz@ub.cc.umich.edu
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Subject: Other Custom Calling Suggestions
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In response to the Moderator's list of possible/potential/rumored/planned new
phone services...

I have heard of most of those at one time or another from Bell people...
two others I heard tossed around quite a bit were call blocking (you
dial a code and can block out a certain number, or the person who called
you last (as in the case of a prank call where you don't know their
number..).  Supposed to cost $3-$5 per month plus fee for each # blocked),
and a deal where if you just miss a phone call (towel up and get out of
the shower and it stops ringing, you dial a code and it calls them back).

Looks like both of these would require for your exchange to know where
the call came from...  Way things are these days, it'll probably be
quite a while before we see some of these (pointless?) services.

-

How come some months my MCI and Sprint (I have one on each line) bills
come from the respective carriers, and other months they come on Michigan
Bell stationery with my regular bill?  The MCI one has become pretty
consistent, but the Sprint one has been frittering back and forth
for some months now.

Miguel Cruz
Miguel Cruz@ub.cc.umich.edu
University of Michigan