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- Path: sparky!uunet!hayes!tnixon
- From: tnixon@hayes.com
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Caller ID
- Message-ID: <5917.2a9cb1df@hayes.com>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 10:43:43 EDT
- References: <94515@bu.edu>
- Organization: Hayes Microcomputer Products, Norcross, GA
- Lines: 31
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- In article <94515@bu.edu>, nicos@cs.bu.edu (Nicos Kontopoulos) writes:
-
- > How does caller-ID work?
- >
- > 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?
-
- The service is ONLY provided by the phone company. First of all,
- the path from the central office switch to which you are connected
- to the central office switch to which the called party is connected
- must support Common-channel Signalling System 7 (a CCITT standard
- for how calls are controlled and routed within the phone network),
- so that your phone number can be reported to the end office. When
- that end office gets the information, then IF the called party
- subscribes to the Caller-ID service, and IF they have a Caller-ID
- display device, they might be able to receive your number (if you
- haven't blocked it). The way the number is delivered is that their
- central office switch sents a modulated data signal (Bell 202
- modulation; half-duplex FSK) down the line between the first and
- second ring; their display device receives it, and if it is properly
- demodulated, the information is displayed.
-
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