bill%gauss@gatech.edu (bill) (02/08/91)
Here's the latest...
On Tuesday, Feb. 5, I spoke with a nice woman from Southern Bell who
answered all my questions about Caller*ID in Atlanta and was just
otherwise quite helpful. Her name eludes my memory (but not my
Dayplanner at work), but her phone number (actually for Southern Bell
Direct Marketing) is (404) 493-5555. Please note that this number is
available from outside SB territory.
As I said, she answered all my "when, where, how, who" questions about
Caller*ID, which served to reconfirm information which I have posted
here and to Telecom Privacy digest. The WHEN is February 14 (for
ordering), the WHERE is the Atlanta metropolitan area (outlying areas
to come on line at an unannounced future date, depending on where it
is), HOW is by calling the Southern Bell order line (780-2355 for
residential customers), and WHO is everyone in the north Georgia LATA
- whether or not your CO is capable yet for receiving the CLID info,
it still sends it out. (Note to John Higdon: I think north Georgia
lost its last crossbar in Dec. 90 - but that may have just been
Atlanta's last crossbar - and if you ever move to Atlanta, you can
still get either paging or cellular service here from PacTel (-:.)
I say that the WHEN is Feb. 14 for ordering. Presumably, orders will
go through as before, usually within a few hours unless a visit to
customer premises is necessary. I gave Ms. Nicewoman my "pre-order"
when I spoke with her under her assurance that my order would be
entered in with all deliberate speed as soon as possible. Ms.
Nicewoman told me that the customer inquiries about the new service
had leveled off within the last few weeks, but once the service was
actually on-line and being advertised the queries would likely
increase (as she analogized with the new Call* Answer service).
Strangely enough, with the furor attributed to Caller*ID in other
locales, the Atlanta media and professional activists and protestors
have had little to no mention of this coming "horror." I suppose the
war has a war of diverting attention away from less important things.
In any case, less than a week to go before Caller*ID hits Atlanta.
Bill Berbenich Georgia Tech, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp: ...!{backbones}!gatech!eedsp!bill Internet: bill@eedsp.gatech.eduhh2@prism.gatech.edu (HAAS) (02/09/91)
Bill just gave us a fine rundown on the CallerID situation, but there
are two more facts I would like to know ...
1.) How much does it cost!?!
2.) Where can I buy CallerID devices? I'm especially interested in
computer interface type devices.
Thanks.
Harry Haas GTRI/RIDL/EB | Georgia Tech Research Institute
Research Engineer II | Georgia Institute of Technology
404-528-7679 | Atlanta Georgia, 30332
hh2@prism.gatech.edu