Schauble@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (Paul Schauble) (10/10/87)
The only obligation the phone company takes on with an unlisted number
is that their information services will not reveal the number. I feel
very strongly that anyone who calls me has given up their right to
remain anonymous, and the caller identification should work for all
numbers.
As a compromise, let me suggest this. Allow the owner of an unlisted
number to specify whether or not the number will be revealed when they
originate a call. Allow the owner of any other line to configure the
line to automatically reject calls from such an unlisted number.
Paul
Schauble at MIT-Multics.ARPAdave@astra.necisa.OZ.AU (Dave Horsfall) (10/23/87)
Although we in Australia do not have this facility (but they're working
on it!), it strikes me that a warped person could obtain an unlisted no.
and use it to harass other people. I for one would like to know where
such calls were coming from... Not that I get such calls at the moment.
Alternatively, you could have two lines, you receive calls on the silent
number and make calls on the (fake) public number.
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Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) ACS: dave@astra.necisa.OZ.AU
NEC Information Systems Aust. ARPA: dave%astra.necisa.OZ.AU@uunet.UU.NET
3rd Floor, 99 Nicholson St UUCP: {enea,hplabs,mcvax,uunet,ukc}!\
St. Leonards NSW 2064 AUSTRALIA munnari!astra.necisa.OZ.AU!dave