"John" wrote in message
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My daughter wants a new DCT phone and would like caller identification.
Been reading up and it appears that many types of calls do not display the
caller. Is this a fact?

Do they only display names where the number and name has been programmed
in (like with a mobile?) or do they display all numbers?

Is it reliable?


The only information sent by the phone company is the phone number or a code
to indicate the number is "unavailable", "withheld" etc. Your phone, will
then look through its own address book and try to match the incoming number
with a name. If it finds a match then it displays the name. If no match is
found then it displays the number. So they work just like a mobile phone
would.

Chris