[ I tried direct mail, but I haven't the energy to investigate why it didn't work. This is as relevant to the list as the drug war, at least :-) ] How exactly are you going to transmit the synthesized caller ID information from the subscriber equipment up the line to the local CO when that local CO has no expectation whatsoever of seeing the information in the first place? In other words, what existing signalling facility are you going to spoof? The caller ID information originates at the local CO, not at the subscriber drop. Between the time you complete dialing and the time at which a connection is established, the local CO is not listening to the subscriber line. Caller ID information is delivered from the remote CO to the called subscriber between the first and second ring pulses. How are you going to get your data there? Note that I could be wrong; if you know how or why my above assertions are wrong, I'd love to be corrected :-) | GOOD TIME FOR MOVIE - GOING ||| Mike McNally <m5@tivoli.com> | | TAKE TWA TO CAIRO. ||| Tivoli Systems, Austin, TX: | | (actual fortune cookie) ||| "Like A Little Bit of Semi-Heaven" |