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Re: [ECS] CID Zardoz Mon, 12 Oct 1998 19:18:15 -0600

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I don't have ECS yet, but I have been following this and other lists to
decide what program I wanted to invest in. This particular subject is one of
importance to me and I have been looking for a solution to it.

What you will find is that the vast majority of the "out of area" calls are
phone solicitors. Some are also long distance phone carriers that buy blocks
of time and resell them. Now what I want to do is have a program that will
answer the "out of area" calls before my phone rings, and if it is a known
friend or family member (like my son), then they can punch in a code number
and it will ring through, otherwise it hangs up without me ever being
disturbed.

Any possibilities of this???

George

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Sekelsky <Mark@sekelsky.com>
To: ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org <ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org>;
Ckeyes@global.california.com <Ckeyes@global.california.com>
Date: Monday, October 12, 1998 6:20 PM
Subject: RE: [ECS] CID


>Carl,
>
>Out-of-area could be very "legitimate."  It means that they have their
>number blocked, are using a provider that doesn't support CID or I would
>guess there could be something on your providers end.  The only two numbers
>that I personally have that are Out-of-area but I know who they are are my
>Mom in Red Wing MN and a friend of my wife's in Mpls. MN.  Both use some
>obscure provider for long distance.
>
>When I first started my phone event I found that whopping *60%* of all
calls
>were from out-of area.  That number has now come down but it still runs a
>good 40% of all my calls.  If you take a look at my event (if you still
have
>the .cfg file) you can see how I handle any call that is Private or
>out-of-area.
>
>Mark S
>

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