Caller ID (was Re: Enough!)

2001-05-16 Thread Jonathan Peterson
At 21:08 15/05/01 +0100, you wrote: They already offer it. You can bar up to ten numbers (IIRC). I don't know how it deals with withheld numbers. Never checked. I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that you always send your CID when you make a phone call. If you choose to withhold the ID, it

Re: Caller ID (was Re: Enough!)

2001-05-16 Thread Steve Mynott
Jonathan Peterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that you always send your CID when you make a phone call. If you choose to withhold the ID, it still gets sent, it just gets sent with a 'do not disclose' flag set, which all (BT approved) phones and

Re: Caller ID (was Re: Enough!)

2001-05-16 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:59:07AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: I do keep intending to do something cute with my ISDN adapter and log the stuff coming out of the D channel and see whats in there ... but time has prevented it etc. I'd be interested to hear how you get on... I was under the

Re: Caller ID (was Re: Enough!)

2001-05-16 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Dominic Mitchell wrote: On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:59:07AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: I do keep intending to do something cute with my ISDN adapter and log the stuff coming out of the D channel and see whats in there ... but time has prevented it etc. I'd be

Re: Caller ID (was Re: Enough!)

2001-05-16 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Dominic Mitchell wrote: On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:59:07AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: I do keep intending to do something cute with my ISDN adapter and log the stuff coming out of the D channel and see whats in there ... but time has prevented it etc. I'd be

Re: Caller ID (was Re: Enough!)

2001-05-16 Thread Steve Mynott
Matthew Byng-Maddick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 16 May 2001, Dominic Mitchell wrote: On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:59:07AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: I do keep intending to do something cute with my ISDN adapter and log the stuff coming out of the D channel and see whats in there

Re: Caller ID (was Re: Enough!)

2001-05-16 Thread Philip Newton
Steve Mynott wrote: I have heard of people using the D channel signalling to communicate for free. I've also heard of phone companies cursing such users and trying to ban programs that support that. At least in Germany, there was a program (or several?) that took advantage of the fact that