IZZYAS1@mvs.oac.ucla.edu (Andy Jacobson) (02/12/91)
Access Logic Technology's (?) ANI demonstration (via MCI) is once again available from an 800 number. It is 800-933-3258. Hitting the # sign will cut to the chase. I, of course, have no affiliation with this company. Andy Jacobson<izzyas1@oac.ucla.edu> or <izzyas1@UCLAMVS.bitnet>
irvin@northstar7.dartmouth.edu (Tim Irvin) (02/19/91)
In article <74674@bu.edu.bu.edu> Andy Jacobson writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 114, Message 10 of 10 >Access Logic Technology's (?) ANI demonstration (via MCI) is once >again available from an 800 number. It is 800-933-3258. Hitting the # >sign will cut to the chase. I, of course, have no affiliation with this >company. I tried this number from a phone behind the Dartmouth switch. The ANI gave me a local (but off campus) number as the one I was calling from. The exchange for Dartmouth is 646, and the number it gave me was 643-5856. I then called 643-5856 (area code 603, BTW) and I got a recording that "The number you have reached 6-4-3-5-8-5-6 is not in service in area code 6-0-3. . ." This strikes me as a great way to get around these ANI guys getting ahold of you and your number. Tim Irvin Project NORTHSTAR Dartmouth College [Moderator's Note: What I have discovered in my testing to date is that the number passed for ID may or may not be the actual number being used. If a bunch of phones are all associated with one billing number then often as not, the billing number gets passed. And what is true for Caller*ID is usually true for *57, *60 and *69 as well, meaning you may or may not trace / screen / call back the actual phone which called you . PAT]
scott@huntsai.boeing.com (02/21/91)
I also tried this demo. I called from a work phone (which I assume gets patched to one of a number of outgoing trunks). Though the number I am at can be dialed directly, I was (I assume) given the number of that outgoing trunk line. The number I was given had the correct area code and prefix, but the last four digits were incorrect. hmmm... Scott Hinckley Internet: scott@huntsai.boeing.com UUCP: ...!uunet!uw-beaver!bcsaic!huntsai!scot DISCLAIMER: All contained herein are my opinions, they do not represent the opinions or feelings of Boeing or its management. BTN: 205-461-2073 [Moderator's Note: You are probably in a DID group where calls dialed to the four digits of your phone reach you, but outgoing calls are routed through another group of lines. PAT]