rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) (03/10/91)
Could someone provide a novice (myself) with some general information on how to get the necessary "stuff" and set-up Caller*ID on my phone? My sister has been getting threatenting phone calls, and I want to catch this loser. Thanks, Robert [Moderator's Note: No amount of 'stuff' will enable Caller*ID on your phone line until -- if/when -- your local telco offers the service and begins making the information available. You'll know when this happens because telco will advertise it extensively, and there will no doubt be major debates pro and con in your community, etc. *When you get to that point* -- that telco is making the information available -- then you can subscribe. Once you subscribe, there are numerous commercially produced devices available to actually capture the data. But no amount of hardware at the present time will do anything for you if telco is not actually transmitting the data. PAT]
TK0JUT1@niu.bitnet (03/11/91)
rdthomps@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Robert D. Thompson) writes: > Could someone provide a novice (myself) with some general information > on how to get the necessary "stuff" and set-up Caller*ID on my > phone? My sister has been getting threatening phone calls, and I > want to catch this loser. Threatening phone calls are a potential felony. Rather than worry about Caller ID, call the police. There is nothing you could legally do even if you had access to the source phone, and any action you took could subject you, not him, to police enforcement. In most cities, threatening calls are considered very serious, and generally the culprits can be tracked very quickly if not using a public phone.
443114@acadvm1.uottawa.ca (Eric Skinner) (03/15/91)
In TELECOM Digest V11 #198, TK0JUT1@niu.bitnet writes: > Threatening phone calls are a potential felony. Rather than worry > about Caller ID, call the police. There is nothing you could legally > do even if you had access to the source phone, and any action you took > could subject you, not him, to police enforcement. In most cities, > threatening calls are considered very serious, and generally the > culprits can be tracked very quickly if not using a public phone. Interestingly, I had a friend in Montreal who was receiving a large number of *harassment* calls, and Montreal police refused to do anything about it. Bell Canada refused to do anything, saying it was completely the police's responsibility. The police's line was that since they were "too busy," they did nothing about harassment calls unless "physical harm" was "explicitly threatened." The solution was to switch phone numbers ($27.00) and get an unlisted number ($4.00/month or so). We were not impressed. Eric Skinner 443114@acadvm1.uottawa.ca University of Ottawa +1 613 230 0261