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The Telecom Digest for May 6, 2010
Volume 29 : Issue 125 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
Re: On-screen Caller ID with Comcast VOIP? (T)
Re: On-screen Caller ID with Comcast VOIP? (Steven)
Re: On-screen Caller ID with Comcast VOIP? (Sam Spade)
Re: On-screen Caller ID with Comcast VOIP? (Barry Margolin)
Re: On-screen Caller ID with Comcast VOIP? (AES)
Phone number helped track terror suspect (Jeff or Lisa)
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Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 02:02:25 -0400
From: T <kd1s.nospam@cox.nospam.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: On-screen Caller ID with Comcast VOIP?
Message-ID: <MPG.264ad3f8fc1a5527989cdb@news.eternal-september.org>
In article <siegman-7432AE.13201530042010@bmedcfsc-
srv02.tufts.ad.tufts.edu>, siegman@stanford.edu says...
>
> Just noticed on my latest Comcast bill (Silicon Valley/Palo Alto area) a
> blurb for a Comcast app that will supposedly display Caller ID in an
> on-screen pop-up window any time a VOIP call comes in.
>
> Sounds like a clever and potentially useful gimmick -- but before I
> download and try it, I'd appreciate any feedback from existing users who
> can say:
>
> * Does it work for Macs or only Windows systems?
>
> * Does it work well?
>
> * Any likely interference with other apps, or other glitches?
>
> Thanks much for any advice.
I know Cox has this feature with their HD TV service. Pops up on the
television screen.
To my knowledge nobody has any app for a computer that does the same.
I'd really love to see something like that from Vonage though.
Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 09:37:17 -0700
From: Steven <diespammers@killspammers.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: On-screen Caller ID with Comcast VOIP?
Message-ID: <hrs6rt$i4m$1@news.eternal-september.org>
T wrote:
> In article <siegman-7432AE.13201530042010@bmedcfsc-
> srv02.tufts.ad.tufts.edu>, siegman@stanford.edu says...
>> Just noticed on my latest Comcast bill (Silicon Valley/Palo Alto area) a
>> blurb for a Comcast app that will supposedly display Caller ID in an
>> on-screen pop-up window any time a VOIP call comes in.
>>
>> Sounds like a clever and potentially useful gimmick -- but before I
>> download and try it, I'd appreciate any feedback from existing users who
>> can say:
>>
>> * Does it work for Macs or only Windows systems?
>>
>> * Does it work well?
>>
>> * Any likely interference with other apps, or other glitches?
>>
>> Thanks much for any advice.
>
> I know Cox has this feature with their HD TV service. Pops up on the
> television screen.
>
> To my knowledge nobody has any app for a computer that does the same.
> I'd really love to see something like that from Vonage though.
>
We have AT&T and Dish, Caller ID pops up on our TVs since the Dish
Receiver is connected to the phone line. It helps a lot since I tend to
either not hear the phone ringing; 40+ years working in CO's and all the
bells that were always ringing there.
--
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Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 11:10:51 -0700
From: Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: On-screen Caller ID with Comcast VOIP?
Message-ID: <w8ydnaUVoYE2KXzWnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@giganews.com>
T wrote:
>
> I know Cox has this feature with their HD TV service. Pops up on the
> television screen.
>
I believe that to be true only if your dial tone is provided by Cox.
Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 20:25:06 -0400
From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: On-screen Caller ID with Comcast VOIP?
Message-ID: <barmar-C4A31A.20250605052010@62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>
In article <w8ydnaUVoYE2KXzWnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
Sam Spade <sam@coldmail.com> wrote:
> T wrote:
>
> >
> > I know Cox has this feature with their HD TV service. Pops up on the
> > television screen.
> >
>
>
> I believe that to be true only if your dial tone is provided by Cox.
And Comcast only does it if they provide your dial tone. You also have
to have one of the right models of HD STB.
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 12:08:10 -0700
From: AES <siegman@stanford.edu>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: On-screen Caller ID with Comcast VOIP?
Message-ID: <siegman-A19650.12081005052010@sciid-srv02.med.tufts.edu>
In article <MPG.264ad3f8fc1a5527989cdb@news.eternal-september.org>,
T <kd1s.nospam@cox.nospam.net> wrote:
>
> I know Cox has this feature with their HD TV service. Pops up on the
> television screen.
>
> To my knowledge nobody has any app for a computer that does the same.
As I read both the printed bill insert from Comcast and the Comcast web
page, they have something that does do this on your PC screen.
Haven't explored any further than that, however.
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 19:31:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jeff or Lisa <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Phone number helped track terror suspect
Message-ID: <9fb6c5a5-e35f-410a-9c6f-ed223959860c@b7g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>
The New York Times reported how a telephone number helped track and
identify the suspect in the Times Square attempted bombing.
For full article please see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/us/06cellphone.html
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