[asterisk-users] SIP call, updated with CID as it becomes available

[John Novack]

Steve Totaro wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:57 AM, Gordon Henderson
> <gordon+asterisk at drogon.net> wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Steve Totaro wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> "That brings up a question though, on a regular landline with caller ID
>>> the phone rings right away, it just doesn't display caller ID info
>>> until a couple of rings.  Why not have that option in Asterisk?"
>>>       
>> Intersting idea... However, I live in a country where on a regular
>> landline with caller ID, the caller ID is displayed before the phone
>> rings, so make sure it's an option and not hard-wired...
>>
>> Gordon
>>
>>     
>
> Gordon,
>
> Yes, an option.
>
> So in your country, the caller hears ringing for a few seconds before
> the destination phone rings since caller ID is sent via analog
> signaling?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve T
>   
As a general note -
Ringback,  what the caller hears, is not necessarily linked to the ring 
sent to the called party, and has been  true for many years, even in 
electro-mechanical systems.

John Novack

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