judice@kyoa.enet.dec.com (Louis J. Judice 26-Oct-1989 1007) (10/26/89)
Hi Patrick - the Caller ID Display Device in the Hello Direct catalog is branded "AT&T" - and if I recall is $99.95. Unfortunately, NJ Bell tells me that my C.O. (Peapack) is not scheduled for CLASS Calling Services until JANUARY, 1991!!! Lou Judice DEC [Moderator's Note: A full year yet! That's a pity. Ours in Chicago- Rogers Park is set for fourth quarter '89, but so far nothing has been publicized. PT]
dave@uunet.uu.net (Dave Levenson) (10/28/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0474m10@vector.dallas.tx.us>, judice@kyoa.enet.dec.com (Louis J. Judice 26-Oct-1989 1007) writes: ... > Unfortunately, NJ Bell tells me that my C.O. (Peapack) is not > scheduled for CLASS Calling Services until JANUARY, 1991!!! That's interesting -- when a subscriber in Peapack calls us in Warren, we get their caller id number NOW. They send it, but they don't receive it. Dave Levenson Voice: (201) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave
mjw06513@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mary J Winters) (11/09/89)
Some months back, I chanced upon several BBS sysops discussing the caller ID service in a (gasp!) FidoNet ECHO Conference. They were using homemade devices(!) to display the caller's phone number and feed it to their computers. They seemed to have gotten a hold of some schematic for the device and were passing it around. Of course I didn't pay much attention to all of this at the time, and so now that I'm interested in obtaining such a device I can't remember any of the important details. My questions are these: Are the plans for this device still available? If I do manage to build one, will the device work for caller ID in all areas, or do different telcos use different schemes for transmitting the information? Many Thanks, Mary
dave@uunet.uu.net (Dave Levenson) (11/11/89)
In article <telecom-v09i0501m08@vector.dallas.tx.us>, mjw06513@uxa.cso.uiuc. edu (Mary J Winters) writes: > My questions are these: Are the plans for this device still available? > If I do manage to build one, will the device work for caller ID in all > areas, or do different telcos use different schemes for transmitting > the information? Caller*ID is part of the Class(sm) feature package. It is implented in the same way throughout the Bell System. The information is delivered using a simplex 1200 bps fsk data transmission (similar to the modulation used on 202-type modems) which occurs after the first ring on lines subscribed to the service. Colonial Data Technologies (the folks who made the Call Identifier(tm) box I use with this service) is rumored to be working on a PC card capable of receiving this data transmission and passing it to some software they'll supply. I don't know how open the application interface will be. In the "Bell System of the Future" a new kind of calling number delivery will be offered to ISDN subscribers. This is a different transmission method, and is digital, rather than analog. Instead of a modem, you'd need an ISDN processor, capable of implementing a sizeable subset of HDLC data communications protocol. This service is used today by a few large businesses -- notably those with large groups of 800 service circuits. Dave Levenson Voice: (201) 647 0900 Westmark, Inc. Internet: dave@westmark.uu.net Warren, NJ, USA UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave [The Man in the Mooney] AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave
hsu@eng.umd.edu (Dave "bd" Hsu) (11/14/89)
Okay, Caller*ID is up and running at Chez Hsu. Outside a 15 mile or so radius, however, nobody here seems to be sending the originating number. Even with the base reversed, the LCD has an annoyingly narrow viewing angle. Nevertheless the folks think that in some ways, it's even better than having an answering machine. A few questions, then. One call so far has been misidentified; one digit was changed but not completely garbled. Is there no ECC sent along? And...anybody interested in trying this thing out long distance? Dave Hsu UMd EE Computer Facility hsu@eng.umd.edu "A program is like a nose. Sometimes it runs, sometimes it blows."
dts@ursa-major.spdcc.com (Dan Senie) (11/21/89)
I just returned from COMDEX. The people who put out the ZOOM modems have come out with a box which will do a whole mess of things, including outputting Caller ID info to your computer (via RS-232). [Moderator's Note: Can you give us any further information on COMDEX and the exhibits? PT]