Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!lll-winken!telecom-request From: Bob_Frankston%Slate_Corporation@mcimail.com (Bob Frankston) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: What Hardware Supports Ringmate? Message-ID: Date: 26 Mar 91 18:11:00 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 18 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 244, Message 9 of 9 Just saw an ad for Ringmate (distinctive ringing) by NET. Looks tempting but they claim it doesn't work on lines that hunt though it does support call forwarding. Does anyone know more about this? While on the subject of distinctive ringing, what equipment supports it? In particular are there Fax/modem/phone switches? Are there any modem that report "RING n" instead of simply "RING"? Of course, this is a prelude to what I hope will be available in ISDN, namely an ability to pass part of the address (phone number) to the subscriber. I already use this facility with email to get Telecom Digest delivered directly to a separate mailbox by using MCI's MTA protocol. In the phone network I could then address a particular phone, modem, fax machine or other service. For now, distinctive ringing would provide a small subset of this capability.