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From: dave@westmark.westmark.com (Dave Levenson)
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Subject: Re: Ancient ANI
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Date: 26 Oct 90 14:35:46 GMT
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In article <14027@accuvax.nwu.edu>, rees@pisa.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
writes:

> I sure hope the ten-digit limit isn't built into either the protocol or
> the displays.  While North American Numbering Plan (NANP) numbers are
> ten digits if you strip off the country code, in general phone numbers
> can be just about any length.  Does anyone out there actually have a
> working display?  Is it limited to ten digits?

The Caller*ID displays available retail in NJ have come in two
varieties.  Some of the early units had seven-digit displays.  The
ones offered today have a two-line display of about sixteen characters
per line.  They format the information with date, time, the words NEW
or RPT, and such, and provide a ten-digit number display, with two
dashes for punctuation: AAA-PPP-NNNN.  (This refers to the box sold by
Sears, with AT&T's name and logo on it, and made by a company in
Connecticut whose name I cannot remember right now!)


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