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RE: [ECS] Caller ID Mark Sekelsky Sun, 26 Jul 1998 19:06:37 -0500

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As I understand things ECS is only checking the number and NOT the name.
Hence  The "O" coming through as the name wouldn't cause ECS any trouble.
It sounds like I may have the odd system here as I have used the Vive, Zoom
Modem and a caller-ID device from Ameritech and have NEVER had a number come
through for an out-of-area or ever have a discrepancy between the Ameritech
unit and what I was using with ECS at the time.

Mark S

-----Original Message-----
From: William Biggs [mailto:reddy_biggs@msn.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 1998 5:39 PM
To: ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org
Subject: [ECS] Caller ID



It sounds like we all have the same problem... The Bell's Caller ID is
reporting a number in the number section, but with an "O"  in the name
section to designate an out of area number.

Thus ECS is getting confused by the ambiguous information and reporting just
"Out of Area" when it could easily report the actual number.

Mark, could ECS check BOTH for name and number ?  Say if the name is "O"
then still look at the number to evaluate whether or not it is a phone
number, rather than just reporting nothing at all.

I'll be glad to call Wayne for a test,,,,  I bit on one of those spam 8.9
cents/minute deals ,so I can spend 8.9 cents on the problem !

Reddy


From: DAVID.A.KINDRED@cpmx.saic.com <DAVID.A.KINDRED@cpmx.saic.com>
To: ECS-LIST@VANCOUVER.ML.ORG <ECS-LIST@VANCOUVER.ML.ORG>
Date: Sunday, July 26, 1998 1:18 PM
Subject: [ECS] Fwd:[ECS] Vive Caller ID error ?


>
>Hi, Reddy.
>
>I'm using the Zoom modem to grab my Caller-ID information, and I've been
>experiencing the same problem for about two years. Maddening, isn't it?
>
>In our area, cell phone telephone numbers are transmitted, but the name
>information is sent as out-of-area. A lot of out-of-state calls are
transmitted
>the same way. For the longest time, I thought the Caller-ID info wasn't
being
>sent, but then I got one of those Caller-ID TV devices and was proven
wrong. All
>this time, ECS has been ignoring the phone number information when the name
>portion of the data stream was reported as out-of-area.
>
>Since we're both experiencing the same problem with different devices, it
sounds
>as if Mark needs to intervene? How 'bout it, Mark?
>
>--David
>

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