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From: snafu@ihuxi.UUCP (Dave Wallis)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: 800 number to turn off junk calls
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Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 09:09:03 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 15 09:09:03 1984
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> I just saw an ad for a gadget that will solve all of your junk call
> problems.  It is something called a Phone Censor.  It will screen
> all calls and only let those through that have input a special
> code.  The small unit costs around $50 bucks and allows you to
> program 4 codes.  A larger unit allows up to 16 codes.  Here is how
> it works.  A call comes in.  The unit intercepts and asks for the
> code.  The person calling then must enter the correct code by
> either dialing or push-buttoning.  If the code is correct, the
> phone rings.  If it is a wrong code, Bye-Bye.  You can give out
> the special codes to those you may want to call.  Another feature
> is that there is a different ring tone for each code so that you
> will know who is calling.  (Is this getting into ESP again?).
> The larger unit has a digital display of the code plus the
> identifying tones.  Clever, what?
> T. C. Wheeler

Sounds like a good idea, but it has one very major drawback. There are
people who would not have the code that I would certainly like to
receive calls from. For instance, if my wife has been hit by a car and
the police call to let me know, I would surely be upset if the
phone hung itself up without letting me know!


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                              Dave Wallis
                           ihnp4!ihuxi!snafu
                       AT&T Network Systems, Inc.
                            (312) 979-5894