Could someone tell me what type of service and/or equipment I would need in order to have real-time ANI appear on a LED display whenever an incoming call comes in? I currently only have a POTS residential line if that matters any. I'm looking for the most least expensive route.
Thanks
the short answer is, It Depends.
One possible option, if you don't have much in the way of incoming, is to get a personal "800" [a] number from a vendor such as Kall-8b]. They'll take the incoming call and re-route it to your home phone, and, also take the ANI info, translate it to a CNID string, and send it over - letting you display it on standard CNID boxen.
The two issues here:
a) you'll have to give out an 800 number in place of your current one and b) you'll be paying between five and ten cents per minute (depending on vendor and quantity).
[a] actually 800, 888, 877, 866, and RSN 855 [b]What I've got
If I recall correctly ANI delivery isn't possible on a POTS line. However if you set up and 800 number some of the carriers will pass ANI as Caller-ID data. I know that USA-Datanet does.
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