Re: Caller ID

If you get this working, and are willing to share the source code, I am sure that there are others 
who like to take a look at your application.


On 9 Jul 2003 at 11:58, Michael wrote:

> Jerry, I can see your point - and my idea is certainly not intended as a
> commercial app or for a commercial or governmental concern.  It was just
> something I was thinking about for around the house - we probably get 10-15
> telemarketing calls a day at our house - most of them hang up when the
> answering machine answers, so I have a tape full of clicks and dialtones
> that I have to empty daily.  Some of these telemarketers have gotten smarter
> about the Caller ID data - I had one the other day from the number
> 210-000-0000 which may very well be a valid number but not someone I want to
> talk to - other calls have the number in both the name and the number data,
> so my caller ID says 210-123-4567 in two places on the same call.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gerald J. Clancy, Jr." <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [Delphi] Caller ID
> 
> 
> > This can be dangerous. In our case we have the governor's office and many
> > state agencies as clients and their calls come in as "unknown". It would
> be
> > a disaster for us not to answer them. What is even worse for us is that
> > when we moved last year we were assigned a new and desirable  number for
> > our area code, we thought. Turns out, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, no small
> > concern, has an 800 number with the same exchange and number. Worse yet,
> > it's for their Human Resources Dept. We suffer dozens of these "wrong
> > numbers" each day from people who apparently have dislexia or something
> > when it comes to seeing the number "800".
> >
> > Jerry
> 
> 
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