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From: asa@stl-07sima.army.mil (Will Martin on 7000)
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Subject: Re: Criticism of Call Forwarding
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Date: 28 Sep 89 15:18:46 GMT
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Here's another criticism:

If I don't have call forwarding, is there any way for me to turn OFF the
call forwarding that someone else has directed to my number? As the
recipient of such forwarded calls, I should have the right to reject
the "honor" of receiving them.

Is there a way to prevent my number from ever being specified as the
recipient of call-forwarded calls? (Something like the UNIX "mesg n"
command but in the telco universe... :-)

And, as a side question: I seem to recall this being asked during the
"Caller*ID" debate, but don't recall it being answered. Maybe somebody
out there with Caller*ID can now tell us: If a call is call-forwarded to
a phone with "Caller*ID", is the number displayed that of the forwarding
phone or the originating one?

If the number displayed is that of the originating phone, is there any
heirarchy of displays -- that is, if the originating phone is out of the
area and the number isn't available, but the number of the forwarding
phone IS available, will the forwarding-phone's number be displayed in
that case?

Regards, Will