Re: Skype offers free voice calls via PDAs

["Patrick Lidstone" <patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Des Gibbons" <des@f...> wrote:
>
> > > Is there an Asterisk compatible PSTN analog line input card
for
the
> > UK that
> > > supports CallerID and CID on call waiting (UK spec) ??
> > >
> >
>
>
> You can integrate a meteor easily enough with
> > asterisk - and get caller id to display on SIP hardphones fine
this
> > way, but I haven't bothered to try with conventional analogue
> > handsets. It's probably possible to do it though.
>
> It is not possible to relay the callerid info to 'normal' phones
unles your
> FXS card supports inserting UK caller id in the internal ringing
sequence.
> None do.

This is true, but in my experience *every* BT caller id phone I have
purchased works fine with the Bell format caller id.

[snip]

> You can of course use VFD's, Slimp3's, TV osd, PC osd etc to
display the
> incoming call number tho.

With xAP...

Patrick