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From: dave@westmark.WESTMARK.COM (Dave Levenson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Caller ID and Call Waiting (and TB/PEP)
Message-ID: <2245@westmark.WESTMARK.COM>
Date: 4 Jan 91 12:44:13 GMT
References: <6723@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>
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In article <6723@emory.mathcs.emory.edu>, km@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Mandelberg) writes:

> What happens if you have Call Waiting and Caller ID, and a call comes
> in while your connected elsewhere? I presume what happens is you just
> don't get any caller id info on the waiting call, whether or not you
> accept it. My understanding is that the caller id info is part of the
> ring signal, and if it doesn't ring you don't get the info.

You are correct.  If the call does not cause your phone to ring, you
do not receive the Caller*ID information.  If you are on a call and
receive the call-waiting beep and then simply hang up, without
flashing your switchhook, you will drop the original call, and your
phone then rings.  In this case, you may still receive Caller*ID.
Does anybody know if this is the case?

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