On Mon, 22 Dec 1997 16:21:37 CET, Marc Heuler wrote: >> I was told recently by a guy who has subscribed to cable purely to get >> their telephone service (he's since cancelled the cable TV, but kept the >> phone) that this particular company have a scheme whereby the phone >> won't accept calls from numbers with caller ID turned off. I tried >> dialing his number with caller ID disabled and you get a recorded >> announcement that 'this number will not accept numbers with caller ID >> disabled'. I've got caller ID from Bell Atlantic (the local co.) and they have the same option. By default, incoming calls with with CLID disabled are told my line doesn't accept it (I'm told there is also an option for the caller to enable it). By entering a *-something code from my phone, I can disable this option. I'm sure it's an option at the phone _switch_ irrespective of whether the carrier is phone co or cable co. Christopher Zguris, czguris@interport.net http://www.users.interport.net/~czguris