Well, then why don't the other phones sound out the data string with the
ringers?
>Wrong.
>
>Caller id senses the ring and does not go off hook as that would
disturb
>the CO and it is uneeded. Instead the ring is an alert to the caller
ID
>that data will follow and it's already camped on the line using a
non-DC
>(capacitor coupled) connection to avoid loading the line. this allows
>it to hear the ring and the data.
>
>Allison
>
>
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