Re: (ASCEND) Caller ID Costing

["R. P. McCormick" <RPM@GCQ.net>]

Hi Craig:

>> Can someone tell me the cost of Caller ID 
>> in their Area for their circuits.  I live 
>> in New Zealand and Telecom New Zealand here.. 
>> want to charge 1c/call (about 0.5US/call)
>> for sending the information. I want to know 
>> if this is a little excessive compared 
>> to the rest of the world.
[snip]

In the US ... caller ID (also called a lot
of other things) cost will vary significantly ...
depending on the local tariffs and which 
telephone company you are dealing with.

In Massachusetts, our MAXen are all connected
to MCI WorldCom telephone service (which is
what we call a CLEC, or competitive local
exchange carrier).  All of our circuits are
ISDN PRI's (which is 23 channels for "data"
and the 24th is used for control info).

The calling number info is provided as part
of the basic monthly cost, i.e., not billed
separately on a call basis as you indicate.

FYI: here a local home user pays approximately
$5.00 US per month (additional) for basic 
caller id info (just number), or $6.00 US/month
for caller ID with name.

Cheers,
Bob McCormick
RPM@GCQ.net
PA3GCQ/W1QA/ZL2GCQ (NZ!)


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