Steve Totaro wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Gordon Henderson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Steve Totaro wrote: >> >> >>> "That brings up a question though, on a regular landline with caller ID >>> the phone rings right away, it just doesn't display caller ID info >>> until a couple of rings. Why not have that option in Asterisk?" >>> >> Intersting idea... However, I live in a country where on a regular >> landline with caller ID, the caller ID is displayed before the phone >> rings, so make sure it's an option and not hard-wired... >> >> Gordon >> >> > > Gordon, > > Yes, an option. > > So in your country, the caller hears ringing for a few seconds before > the destination phone rings since caller ID is sent via analog > signaling? > > Thanks, > Steve T > As a general note - Ringback, what the caller hears, is not necessarily linked to the ring sent to the called party, and has been true for many years, even in electro-mechanical systems.
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