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RE: [ECS] Out of Area Michael David Mon, 27 Jul 1998 19:34:44 -0400

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Hi Frank!

In our area, we only have one flavor of caller id, which includes name, when
available (which is only about 10% of the time).  I'm surprised your area
has two different services...

Cheers!

Michael David
michael@michaeldavid.com


-----Original Message-----
From:	Frank Herron  Charlotte NC [mailto:fherron@VNET.IBM.COM]
Sent:	Monday, July 27, 1998 9:13 AM
To:	ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org
Subject:	[ECS] Out of Area

I get a lot of Out of Area calls, usually tellemarkerter junkers.  I have a
cheap one line CID box in kitchen, pre ECS.  I am running ECST ver 3.4.  I
use
the Zoom 14.4 Modem for caller id.  I changed to caller ID Deluxe (name &
number) this winter.  All seemed well.  Read yesterdays postings.
Last night phone rang, and ECS said Out of Area.  Checked my little CID box
and
there was a number in there but no name!  Checked Previous call, this was
from
someone not in my caller.id file.  The CID box had name and number and ECS
had
announced the name.  Since caller ID deluxe ECS no longer speaks the digits.
Used to be if NOT in caller.id file the voice would say 7 8 2 1 0 9 9.  Now
ECS
does not know what type of caller id service you subscribe to, but I think
what
is happening is the "name" packet from phone co is blank (as happenened to
me
last evening) and ECS sees that as no info, never looks at the number, and
says
Out of Area.
Here is another documented Fact that does not work correctly if you have
caller
id deluxe.  In my caller.id file used to be I could put 782-109* and if any
number from 782-1900 through 782-1909 called you would here that Name.  When
I
went to caller id deluxe that broke.  Doctors etc have multiple lines.
Maybe these two are related some how.  I sure would like to have less Out of
Area calls.

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