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From: dave@westmark.westmark.com (Dave Levenson)
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Subject: Re: Caller ID and Call Waiting
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In article <15797@accuvax.nwu.edu>, riddle@hoss.unl.edu (Michael H.
Riddle) writes:

> What happens if you have Call Waiting and Caller ID, and a call comes
> in while your connected elsewhere?

> [Moderator's Note: I've wondered about this myself. How does the
> Caller IB box get anything to dislay when the calls comes in via
> call-waiting? If you hang up and let the new call actually ring in,
> does the information pass at that time, or not?  Likewise, when your
> phone is forwarded, we all know there is a single ring to remind you
> of the forwarding, but you cannot actually receive the call no matter
> how fast you pick up the receiver. Is the Caller ID sent to you on
> those calls, or not?    PAT]

I can answer two of the three questions raised here:

1. No Caller*Id information is presented on a non-ringing call, such
as one that arrives via call waiting.

2. No Caller*ID information is presented with the 'single-spurt' ring
that announces a forwarded call.

I don't yet know the answer to the remaining question, about the
call-waiting call that is subsequently allowed to ring after the
previous call in progress is disconnected.


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