Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: asa@stl-07sima.army.mil (Will Martin on 7000) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Criticism of Call Forwarding Message-ID:Date: 28 Sep 89 15:18:46 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 24 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 417, message 5 of 9 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