Re: question about burglar alarm dispute (San Francisco Bay Area)

["Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> What signal?, remember  the reason for the multiple >calls was because the
thing wasn't actually able to send a >signal, it kept calling  trying to
send a signal and  >apparently only gave up after it was finally able to get
the >signal acknowledged.

Many receivers look for the "caller ID" number to determine what ack tone to
give first. Even if the account doesn't get through at all, central station
will still flag it as a run away and tell you where it's coming from.
And bill you too.

"Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >
> > They have developed a way to
> > identify an account that has caller ID blocked so they can be certain to
> > bill you. Therefore, once notified of a run away, you need to get a hold
> > of
> > the offending account one way or another and stop the signal (and the
> > bill)
> > from coming in.
> >
> > It doesn't matter whose fault it was or wasn't. The signal could have
and
> > should have been stopped. The billing for service call could have been
> > done
> > after the full facts were know.
> >
>
> The reason the customer is upset is they have a huge phone bill, this was
> because the receiver number was a toll call. ANI will identify incoming
> calls regardless if caller ID is blocked if the call is made to a toll
free
> line, but this wasn't a toll free line hence the phone bill. I'm not aware
> of any way to identify an call on the fly with caller ID blocked if the
call
> is placed to a regular (non toll free)  other than from the phone
companies
> MUD records.
>
> What signal?, remember  the reason for the multiple calls was
> because the thing wasn't actually able to send a signal, it kept calling
> trying to send a signal and apparently only gave up after it was finally
> able to get the signal acknowledged. Stopping the signal would have been
> akin to closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.
>
> Doug
>
>