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Article: Calling number ID runs into trouble. (Integrated Services Digital Network Users Forum at the Dallas, TX, Interface show discusses the impact of objections to calling number identification on the future of ISDN.)
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- Communications News
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- April 1, 1990
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Calling Number ID Runs Into Trouble Calling number identification is a crucial ingredient in ISDN applications, but it is threatened by courts, law-makers, and special interest groups.
Steven Horne of Bellcore, speaking to a session of the North American ISDN Users Forum in Dallas, said, "Mass market availability of CNI is a major component of ISDN applications. But it is important to others, too, in terms of privacy."
The users forum was in conjunction with the Interface show.
Proponents of calling number ID say it enhances privacy for the called party, reduces obscene or harassing calls, improves response of police and firefighters, and ...