Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: mike@cbnewsl.ATT.COM (michael.scott.baldwin) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Criticism of Call Forwarding Message-ID:Date: 2 Oct 89 01:05:17 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 33 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 422, message 10 of 12 In article , asa@stl-07sima.army.mil (Will Martin on 7000) writes: > And, as a side question: I seem to recall this being asked during the > "Caller*ID" debate, but don't recall it being answered. Maybe somebody > out there with Caller*ID can now tell us: If a call is call-forwarded to > a phone with "Caller*ID", is the number displayed that of the forwarding > phone or the originating one? The originating one. > If the number displayed is that of the originating phone, is there any > heirarchy of displays -- that is, if the originating phone is out of the > area and the number isn't available, but the number of the forwarding > phone IS available, will the forwarding-phone's number be displayed in > that case? No. You always get the originating phone. Thus, if the originator is out of area, but the forwarder is in area, caller*id shows "out of area". More Caller*ID tidbits: It is possible for the little Caller*ID unit to not even notice that a call came in if you pick up the phone very shortly after the first ring. This is because the Caller*ID info gets transmitted between rings, and it is possible to pick up before any info gets sent. This is pretty annoying. Also, not all exchanges in the same town will be in area. We have seven phone lines in my house on five different exchanges, all in the same town. (It's a long story, but it sure is fun having a 25-pair block in the basement installed by NJ Bell). Calls from two of the exchanges show up as "out of area", even though they are from the next room. Bleah! michael.scott.baldwin@att.com (bell laboratories)