carroll@ssc-vax.uucp (Jeff Carroll) (03/09/91)
We up here in Seattle and pnw are having a pretty spirited discussion about privacy and its relationship to Caller*ID which led me to imagine a situation in which I am possibly not being careful enough (no, I'm not talking about posting on Usenet, though I've certainly made an ass of myself on the net more than enough lately). Upon a little reflection, I would like to ask the following question of the Caller*ID gurus among us. Say I am making a long-distance call from the office. Since I don't want my employer to be billed for the call, and since I am in the habit of receiving a monthly bill from Sprint anyway, I dial 800 877 8000 for access to Sprint's network, and place my call. What shows up on the Caller ID apparatus of the party I am calling? (My phone is connected to Boeing's 5ESS). Second case: say I'm at O'Hare, using 800 877 8000 to place a personal call to someone outside of 312/708 who is a Caller*ID subscriber. What shows up on his terminal? Does the above outcome change if I use 10xxx (I've been a Sprint customer for eight years now, and I don't even know what their 10xxx code is!) Jeff Carroll carroll@ssc-vax.boeing.com [Moderator's Note: At the present time, inter-LATA transmission of Caller*ID is not implemented. So in both scenarios above, the called party would probably be told the caller was 'unknown'. PAT]