bote@uunet.uu.net (John Boteler) (10/05/89)
Here we go again...
A judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that Calling LINE I.D. (not Calling
Face ID or Calling Person ID) is a violation of that state's wiretap
statute, which defines a wiretap as a "device which captures the
incoming electronic or other impulses which identify the originating
number of an instrument or device from which a wire or electronic
communication was transmitted."
The judge ordered that per-call blocking services be mandated, rather
than relying on the billing inserts describing the service and its
potential dangers to customers.
Technically, it has already been told on this circuit that per-call
blocking is available, so the question now is why Bell Atlantic feels
compelled to resist it. In any event, this is the outcome of what may
lead to other challenges to the offering of this service, noteworthy
when the Maryland and Virginia regions of Bell Atlantic are about to
have their respective switches turned on.
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