[cisco-voip] caller id already in?

[Paul Choi]

This sounds like the most probably reason. I, for some
stupid reason, assumed that most phone lines carried
caller ID when if I just thought about it for another
moment would have realized this almost never to be the
case.

Thanks,
Paul

--- "Ryan LaTorre (rylatorr)" <rylatorr at cisco.com>
wrote:

> 
> It sounds like caller ID isn't enabled on the lines.
>  For POTS this is
> usually a pay service (my local telco charges
> $5/month/line for this
> feature).
> 
> -Ryan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On
> Behalf Of Paul Choi
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 6:20 PM
> To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] caller id already in?
> 
> Ryan,
> 
> Thanks a lot! I appreciate you taking the time to
> answer my question
> about FXO 'caller-id enable.'
> 
> Does the LEC have to have something particular setup
> for this to work?
> >From my experiences, the 'caller-id enable' command
> only made the phone
> ring more times until the gateway picked up *and*
> the IP phones didn't
> display any caller information.
> 
> This was a CCME installation in the middle of very
> rural Mississippi. If
> I get a chance to try the command again with users,
> I'll see if I can
> get it to work or not but I am not too keen on the
> extra phone rings
> because of the caller's perception that the customer
> is taking too long
> to answer phone calls.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Paul
> 
> --- "Ryan LaTorre (rylatorr)" <rylatorr at cisco.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi Paul,
> > 
> > Caller ID information is typically sent between
> the first and second 
> > rings, so enabling caller-id on the voice port
> forces the gateway to 
> > wait for the info to arrive before answering the
> call.  I believe the 
> > call is answered as soon as the call info has been
> collected.
> > 
> > -Ryan
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net
> > [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On
> Behalf Of Paul Choi
> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 1:44 PM
> > To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] caller id already in?
> > 
> > Very curious.
> > 
> > When I set 'caller-id enable' on the port, it just
> made the FXO port 
> > ring two more times before the gateway picked up
> the line. In other 
> > words, the caller would hear three rings instead
> of one before the 
> > customer would actually hear it ring and pick up
> the phone. Maybe I 
> > have the FXO's signalling incorrect?
> > 
> > Any Cisco folks around that would like to comment
> on this?
> > 
> 
> 
> 
>  
>
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