[comp.dcom.telecom] "Compromise" for calling party identification

jshelton@ads.com (John L. Shelton) (03/24/89)

May I suggest a compromise patterned after the post office:

The phone company should ALWAYS (where possible) send the
area code and exchange with every call.  This is comparable
to a postmark, and can provide some meaningful information
to the receiver of the call.

The calling party could then optionally send or block the
transmission of the unique four digits identifying the call.
This corresponds, more or less, to a full return address.

=John=