"DOUGLAS SCOTT REUBEN)" <DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu> (09/23/90)
Hi- I saw that William Degnan in his post on new "CLASSPLUS" services mentioned that one of these new services would allow customers with Call-Waiting to get a display of a third party calling via Call-Waiting. This is indeed interesting, but a bit troublesome. I thought that the data for Caller*ID was sent between the first and second rings, ie, before the phone is picked up. How is it possible then to send the Caller*ID signal while a call is allready in progress? I am presently working on a few devices which utilize Caller*ID, so it would be a real pain if Call-Waiting type Caller*ID is not compatible with the "standard" type of Caller*ID (ie, the kind Bellcore describes in their literature.) Do they verebally tell you the calling number after the Call-Waiting beep, as in: <BEEP> (or CLICK <BEEP> CLICK for older machines) You have a call from 555-1212. Flash once to answer." Nah ... would take too long ... oh well, sounds interesting to me, nevertheless. Doug dreuben@eagle.wesleyan.edu dreuben@wesleyan.bitnet