[Gllug] Caller ID on a POTS line

[general_email at technicalbloke.com]

On 20/01/11 17:28, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> On 20 January 2011 15:16, general_email at technicalbloke.com
> <general_email at technicalbloke.com> wrote:
>> This is the think, the internet abounds with tales of people trying and
>> failing to coax UK caller ID out of various modems, combining that with
>> the winmodem issue you mention above put me right off the idea. Having
>> said that another GLUG user reckons they have one which works so fingers
>> crossed.
>>
> If I get a moment this weekend, I might try some softmodems on my phone line.
> My phone line definitely has CLID because I have some DECT phones that
> display the callers number much like a mobile phone does.
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Well pls let me know if you have any joy with that. That's the galling
thing really, any old dect phone or 99p caller ID unit off ebay can
happily provide this functionality but the cheapest way of getting it
into a computer seems to be a £120 box!

Roger.
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