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- From: rsnyder@atl.ge.com (Bob Snyder)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Caller ID
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.164234.16298@puma.ATL.GE.COM>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 16:42:34 GMT
- References: <94515@bu.edu>
- Sender: news@puma.ATL.GE.COM (USENET News System)
- Organization: GE Aerospace, Advanced Technology Labs
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- In article <94515@bu.edu> nicos@cs.bu.edu (Nicos Kontopoulos) writes:
- >
- >How does caller-ID work?
-
- The phone company often has a feature known as Caller-ID, which will pass
- information about the number calling you when the phone rings. This will
- usually only work locally (although I have heard of it working occassionally
- for Long Distance), and you must pay the phone company to provide the
- information.
-
- >My understanding thus far is that when I call someone with caller-ID,
- >she/he can recognize my phone number. How is this achieved?
- >
- >Isn't there a service provided by the phone company that does the
- >same?
-
- Some modems have the ability to decode the information sent by the phone
- company and pass it along to the computer. Generally, the phone company
- will sell/rent you a led display that will show the number. Whether you use
- your modem, or a device provided by the phone company, you will still have to
- pay $X a month to have the information sent down the line to you.
-
- Bob
-
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- Bob Snyder, Computing Services, GE Aerospace, Advanced Technology Labs
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