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- From: fbowles@gssec.bt.co.uk (Frank K Bowles)
- Newsgroups: uk.telecom
- Subject: Re: Caller ID
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.092325.22409@gssec.bt.co.uk>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 09:23:25 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.094646.21169@jet.uk>, tp@jet.uk (Tarang K Patel) writes:
- |> In <6531@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk> zzatsjl@uts.mcc.ac.uk (Janusz Lukasiak) writes:
- |> Stuff the B in T and let NTT, AT&T ad Pacific bell etc... come in and show
- |> B.T and Mercury how its done. :-)
- |>
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- The thing about US networks is that the service available is variable -
- in remote parts of the US (as far as I know) they still have magneto
- phones where you crank a handle to attract an operator...
-
- For those interested the features offered by Caller Display (the name CLID services will be marketed under) are expected to be:
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- - display CLID of incoming call
- - withhold ID on either a per call or per line basis (for anonymity)
- - trace the last call received
- - set up call to last caller that rang (no more "missed" calls)
- - call back when free (on an engaged number)
- - selective call forwarding (diverts incoming calls from specified
- numbers)
- - selective call barring (bar calls from specific numbers, numbers
- without CLID or only accept calls from certain numbers)
- - priority call -special ring tone for specific caller(s)
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- Initial services are expected to be offered nationally in 1994.
-
- All this from press release stuff. I don't know any more, but I hope
- it gives a perspective on what will be available.
-
- Frank
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