On 24/02/2012 21:54, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:33:18 +0000, Alan wrote:

In , Hugo Nebula
wrote

Which is a pain for real callers from behind switchboards like myself.

Reputable companies and organisations don't hide phone numbers.

I just wonder what mechanism you would employ to *not* hide numbers..

Lots of cold callers spoof calling ID these days. There was even reports
of one spoofing the number they were calling as their caller ID... so it
looked like a local incoming call, and if you tried to phone back it was
engaged ;-)


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Cheers,

John.

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