Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!lll-winken!telecom-request From: SAMcinty@exua.exeter.ac.uk (Scott A. McIntyre) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Caller ID in the UK Message-ID: Date: 3 Jun 91 13:05:16 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 19 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 421, Message 9 of 11 I was just browsing through a flatmates copy of Cosmopolitan and in the back, in the advertising section under Personal was a device called something like the Inquisitor. Essentially, it's a Caller ID box that displays the area code and phone number of all incoming calls. It is also programmable to ignore calls from certain area codes or precise numbers. It also boasts a automatic dialer and a few other widgets. As far as I am aware, this is the first of these deviced to be on the UK market. I would think that it will not be trememdously successful since most of the UK is not on Tone yet (the device requires it). If anyone wants any more information, let me know, I'll copy down the advert and submit it. Scott