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From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon)
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Subject: Re: Advice on ANI Hardware Wanted
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Date: 12 Oct 90 17:32:08 GMT
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On Oct 12 at  0:55, Brian Jay Gould <gould@pilot.njin.net> writes:

> I can now get ANI (NJBell calls it CLASS service) at my home.

Gentle Reader:

Miss Etiquette hates to pick nits, but the reason NJ Bell calls it
CLASS is because that is what it is. ANI (Automatic Number
Identification) was developed in the 1950s for the purpose of
ticketing calls made over the DDD network. Any switch on the face of
the planet can be adapted for ANI.

CLASS, on the other hand, is relatively new technology requiring SS#7
signaling between participating offices. Among its many features is
the infamous Caller-ID.

While there has been some interchanging of these terms on this forum,
it would be well to realize that ANI and Caller-ID are not one and the
same.


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