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Posted by danny burstein on October 17, 2005, 8:03 am
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>Could someone tell me what type of service and/or equipment I
>would need in order to have real-time ANI appear on a LED
>display whenever an incoming call comes in? I currently only
>have a POTS residential line if that matters any. I'm looking
>for the most least expensive route.
the short answer is, It Depends.
One possible option, if you don't have much in
the way of incoming, is to get a personal "800" [a]
number from a vendor such as Kall-8b]. They'll take the
incoming call and re-route it to your home phone, and,
also take the ANI info, translate it to a CNID string,
and send it over - letting you display it on standard
CNID boxen.
The two issues here:
a) you'll have to give out an 800 number
in place of your current one
and
b) you'll be paying between five and ten cents
per minute (depending on vendor and quantity).
[a] actually 800, 888, 877, 866, and RSN 855
[b] http://www.kall8.com. I personally use them
and can recommend their service. No financial
connection other than as a satisfied customer
(they have a _very nice_ web interface
for control of your number, including a
real-time reroute. In other words, you
can reset the destination at 17:01 to
switch from your home phone to your
cellular, or any other choices you wish,
and it'll take effect a minute later)
What I've got
>Thanks
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