Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: C&P Class, With a Thought Message-ID:Date: 30 Sep 89 01:28:09 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: David Lesher Lines: 36 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 421, message 2 of 8 According to the Post (2 Sept, D11) C&P is hoping to get: CallerID $6.50/8.50 (res/bus) Trace $1.00 per use Block $4.00/4.50 (.LE. 6 #'s) Sel. Fwd $4.00/4.50 Return $4.00/4.50 Repeat $2.00/2.50 Priority $3.00/3.50 and Telephone companies argue that classifying a number as unpublished means only that it will not appear in a directory or be given out by operators People who want to safeguard their numbers can do so by not calling. Which brings out the reason for my submission. It is no secret that the District region has a number of government agencies that, shall we say, maintain low profiles. These folks don't ALL work out of the buildings we see on the news. Some buildings are just not labeled (hint-if the fence is 12 ft high, and there is a guard with an Uzi in the little hut, they are NOT selling office supplies) while others have NO overt connection to their actual agencies. Now while nothing classified is discussed on the (so-called) black phone, how happy are these folks going to be on the ID question? Will they be able to get ID blocked? If not, then c+p will make even MORE $$$ on OPX trunks back to the HQ buildings or a neutral site to disguise the actual calling numbers. It should be interesting. Flash! Murphy gets look and feel copyright on sendmail.cf {gatech!} wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (305) 255-RTFM