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Comment by xmcp123

13 hours ago

Old telephones had caller ID. They would send your name and company.

You did have to initiate the call, but you still didn’t have any kind of agreement about it.

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mlrtime  12 hours ago

Yes, and you used to have to pay for it! Not only was it opt-in, there was a charge.

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