On-screen Caller ID with Comcast VOIP? [telecom]

Apr 30, 2010 7 Replies
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Just noticed on my latest Comcast bill (Silicon Valley/Palo Alto area) a blurb for a Comcast app that will supposedly display Caller ID in an on-screen pop-up window any time a VOIP call comes in.



Sounds like a clever and potentially useful gimmick -- but before I download and try it, I'd appreciate any feedback from existing users who can say:


  • Does it work for Macs or only Windows systems?


  • Does it work well?

  • Any likely interference with other apps, or other glitches?

Thanks much for any advice.



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It pops up on the TeeVee screen; not the computer....

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It's called Universal Caller ID. It can also display on your TV.

Both.

You might want to ask in the Universal Caller ID forum at forums.comcast.net.

I don't have Comcast Digital Voice service, but a quick google for "comcast universal caller id" got me to this page:

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I know Cox has this feature with their HD TV service. Pops up on the television screen.

To my knowledge nobody has any app for a computer that does the same. I'd really love to see something like that from Vonage though.

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We have AT&T and Dish, Caller ID pops up on our TVs since the Dish Receiver is connected to the phone line. It helps a lot since I tend to either not hear the phone ringing; 40+ years working in CO's and all the bells that were always ringing there.

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I believe that to be true only if your dial tone is provided by Cox.

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As I read both the printed bill insert from Comcast and the Comcast web page, they have something that _does_ do this on your PC screen.

Haven't explored any further than that, however.

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And Comcast only does it if they provide your dial tone. You also have to have one of the right models of HD STB.

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