19-Nov-2010, 05:51 PM
Yesterday morning the phone rang. When I looked at the caller identification screen it had a number starting with "177". The presentation is done US style "111-222-3333", with the first three numbers being the area code, the next three are the local prefix and the last 4 are the individual number. I was just saying to Eileen "who do we know in area code 177" when our greeting ended and my sister's voice came on, calling from Leyland.
After the call was over, I went back and looked at the display and realised it had rendered Jean's number as "177-242-xxxx". We have never seen a UK caller i/d show up before.
I think it's the fist time since we switched from the local phone company to Comcast internet phone service that Jean has called us. Whether UK phones now send out a caller i/d number that all US systems can recognise or whether it's just a feature of Comcast, I don't know. Has anyone commented about it when you phone over here?
Frank
After the call was over, I went back and looked at the display and realised it had rendered Jean's number as "177-242-xxxx". We have never seen a UK caller i/d show up before.
I think it's the fist time since we switched from the local phone company to Comcast internet phone service that Jean has called us. Whether UK phones now send out a caller i/d number that all US systems can recognise or whether it's just a feature of Comcast, I don't know. Has anyone commented about it when you phone over here?
Frank
Frank Damp (wife Eileen, nee Nixon)
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.
Leyland resident 1941-1965, emigrated to the US in 1968,
retired to Anacortes, Washington State, USA in 1999.