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Re: Can't block caller ID in Massachusetts?

To: Eric Murray <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Can't block caller ID in Massachusetts?
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:36:10 -0400
cc: [email protected] (David Mazieres), [email protected]
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Jul 1996 11:54:25 PDT." <[email protected]>
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Eric Murray writes:
> When I called the Pac Bell customer service droids to get my "complete"
> blocking I asked them why they won't block CID to 800 numbers.
> Their answer: "that's just the way it works". 

There is a really easy reason for this.

When you call an 800 number, the other guy gets billed. The person
that gets billed has a legal right to know the call details of a toll
call they are paying for. If you don't want them to know where you are
calling from, don't ask them to pay for it.

Perry

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