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From: gandalf!oheare@uunet.uu.net (David O'Heare)
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Subject: Re: CLID Compatibility Question
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In article <16200@accuvax.nwu.edu>, the Moderator notes:

> [Moderator's Note: Since an ultimate goal is to make Caller-ID
> available to everyone on all calls throughout the USA I would think
> the individual systems throughout the country are compatible.   PAT]

Well, the scheme used in Canada is explicitly NOT the same as that
used in the U.S., in spite of the close coupling of our phone systems.
The gadgets supplied by Bell Canada will understand the sceme used by
most, though not all, of the U.S. RBOCs. The gadgets supplied by most
U.S. RBOCs and third party vendors understand only a subset of the
data stream that Bell Canada puts out; usually just enough to get
confused.

On a similar note: does anybody out there know WHY Bell Canada chooses
to send the particular phone number that it does? I would have thought
that they'd send the pilot number of a hunt group, for example, rather
than the explicit number within the group. Any ideas?


Dave O'Heare    oheare@gandalf.ca    +1 613 723 6500