From: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com (Dewey Coffman)
Subject: Re: CallerID & PUC(address & article)
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 21:07:49 GMT
Distribution: tx
Reply-To: dewey@vpdbox.austin.ibm.com, dewey@ctci.com
Organization: IBM, Austin, TX. US of A.

In article <1992Dec28.001545.156@ondec.lonestar.org>, d_north@ondec.lonestar.org (David G. North, CCP) writes:
|> In article <2934509413.4.p00200@psilink.com>,
|> Got an address?  These folks need to hear that there's at least some people
|> out here that think that's bullcrap.  For some reason, there's a lot of
|> resistance to CallerID from some groups... however, after hearing several
|> programs and panel discussions on the subject, I've yet to hear a reason

	Public Utility Commission
	7800 Shoal Creek
	Austin, TX 78757
	(512) 458-1000
	See the article below for Addressee's.

|> I'd also like to know how to get better connected into what's happening in
|> this area... any ideas?
	If everyone is that interested, I can continue to post articles like
	the following..flood my mailbox and let me know of your interest.
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From the Austin American Statesman, sometime in December, 1992 ~Dec 11th or 17th

			PUC hangs up on Caller ID
		SouthWestern Bell to try other avenues.

By Diana Williams
American-Statesman Staff

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. will worh through the Texas Legislature to
change the state's wiretap law -- a move that could pave the way for Caller
ID service in Texas, company official said Tuesday.

The announcement came after the Public Utility Commission voted 2-1 Tuesday
to dismiss Bell's application for offering Caller ID to residential and 
business customers -- a ruling that Bell did not oppose.

Cynthia Brinkley, a Southwestern Bell area manager for external affairs,
said the company will seek changes in the wiretap law after the Legislature
convenes in January. No bills on the measure have been filed, she said.

Brinkley said Bell also may seek to overturn the commission's stand on Caller
IDs' legality filing suit in state district court.

The ruling came after Bell asked the commission to clarify its stance on
Caller ID. In November, the commissin's ruling on Caller ID's legal uses 
resulted in a 1-1-1 decision.

Commsissioner Marta Greytok ruled residential and business Caller ID use legal,
and Commissioner Karl Rabago ruled it illegal. Chairman Robert said Caller ID's
business applications were legal, but he contended that residential services
violated the state's "trap & trace" laws.

Gee, however, voted Tuesday to dismiss the case. He said his new vote ends
confusion about the commission's intent and lets Southwestern Bell try other
options.

Caller ID, proposed for Texas by Southwestern Bell this summer, is in place
in several states. The service works through a display screen hooked to a
receiving phone.

Caller ID opponents -- including the American Civil Liberties Union -- claim
the technology invades phone customers' privacy. Supportes said the device
allows customers greater control of their telephones.

The service originally was planned to begin in the Austin area this month.
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