Re: [telecom] ANI vs. Caller ID [Telecom]

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- Wesrock
  
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14 years ago

Fri, May 29, 2009 4:27 PM

... also disagree that Caller ID is a "hard sell". IIRC, the price
> of it has doubled in recent years ($3 to $6 per line) yet it remains > very popular. (I don't know actual subscriber base, but FWIW almost > everyone I know has it in both work and home and all cell phones > have it.) Indeed, some carriers offer it free as part of a package.

Many non-Bell landline service providers throw in Caller ID as a freebie with their standard serice offering.

Wes Leatherock snipped-for-privacy@aol.com snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com

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- Robert Bonomi
  
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14 years ago

Sat, May 30, 2009 3:34 AM

And bump up the price of their 'standard service offering', whether or not you want CLID.

I _like_ the option of a la carte pricing.

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- Sam Spade
  
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14 years ago

Sat, Jun 6, 2009 10:22 PM

Caller ID would be great at a la carte pricing if it were priced at cost plus a reasonable rate of return; perhaps $1.50 per month instead of the predatory pricing by most wireline carriers. If they included universal name delivery I could then see the price being higher; but they don't.