sichermn@beach.csulb.edu (Jeff Sicherman) (02/21/91)
The phone bill Insert-of-the-Month for February was an notice of Public Hearing by the California PUC to allow the public to learn about and comment on Caller Id and Call Trace. They are to be offered as part of seven new COMMSTAR (sm) calling services. The usual suspects are included. Of particular note is that Pacific Bell is proposing to offer per-call blocking but not per-line blocking, though both are described. There is no mention of block-blocking. They are currently only planning to offer it initially in San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles though it is not clear how they are defining those areas (metropolitan area, city, county ??) There is going to be a hearing in my city so I may just attend for the entertainment and information. Of course it is on April 1st here so ... Jeff Sicherman