jlangri@relay.nswc.navy.mil (02/22/91)
Surely someone on this list must have a good explanation why Roy, Bernard, myself or anyone else can't generate a "ringback" or number ID. There can't possibly that many people like us who don't know the phone number we're calling from or working on ... can there? Last fall I was working on lines from one of our remote buildings that did not pass thru our PBX. Because of the poorly ID'd connections in the phone closet, I dialed the operator to ask what number I was calling from. It might have been easier for me to trace the wires back to the CO. I did get the information after explaining why I needed it several times. Come'on, WHAT'S THE BIG SECRET!?!?!? I just went back over Skip Collins's msg again and started with 011, 111, 211 ... WOW! it worked ... 211 on Contel service provides ANI!!! Now for ringback...I'll let you know. Jim Langridge | jlangri@relay.nswc.navy.mil Synetics Corp. [Moderator's Note: The 'big secret' is that it might be you working on a legitimate project and needing the number - or - it might be one of your phreak neighbors looking for a pair of wires and a number to go with it to make phraud calls. Telco is exercising a reasonable amount of security by not automatically giving the number to whoever asks. PAT]