RE: Keith, You'll know this....

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

I definately have seen CID BEFORE the first ring.

In my old house I had HV displaying CID overlayed on to the TV picture.
Sometimes you would see who was calling before you heard the phone ring.

M.


>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:sentto-1109639-2625-970938252-mark=automatedhome.co.uk@xxxxxxx
>nelist.com]On Behalf Of Keith Doxey
>Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 6:03 PM
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Keith, You'll know this....
>
>
>Hi Paul,
>
>I sit corrected :-)
>
>Just tried the very same thing on my Home Highway box with my
>Pace 56 Voice.
>
>
>RING
>
>DATE = 1007
>TIME = 1755
>NMBR = 07802-773085
>
>RING
>
>RING
>
>Strange. I definately read something that said what I had told you.
Just
>goes to show that not everything you read is true :-)
>
>Maybe the UK spec "allows" for it to be sent first incase its
ever
>implemented.
>
>Keith
>
>
>
>> >In the States I belive Caller ID is sent BETWEEN the first and
>> second ring.
>> >The UK spec was adapted to send Caller ID BEFORE the first
ring
>> so that it
>> >could be used for remote reading of the electricity meter etc
>where the
>> >device would answer the call bfore the phone rang so as not to
disturb
>> >householders in the dead of night.
>> >
>>
>> This is curious, as I have come across this suggestion before,
>however, I
>> can quite definately state the MY caller-ID comes BETWEEN the 1st
& 2nd
>> rings. - I have monitored incoming calls in Hyperterminal, and I
>> can quite
>> plainly see the call progress, and the data arriving.
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