XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/1/24 17:33:13, Mark Lloyd wrote:   
   > On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:16:33 +0000, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
      
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   >> I've never seen a landline 'phone that displays a NAME - other than ones   
   >> where YOU can program in (to the handset or the basestation) names that   
   >> YOU associate with certain numbers.   
   >   
   > AFAIK, all landline systems have it now (although I don't know about   
   > wireless home phone service from a cell company). Older phones will   
   > require a separate display device. For a long time I've used cordless   
   > phones with the CID display (both name and number) built-in.   
      
   I don't think the POTS in the UK supplies name information (or anything   
   textual) - only calling number. (I don't _think_ even the mobile   
   [cellular] networks do.)   
      
   You can get handsets (for POTS - I think it's more or less universal for   
   mobile ones) which do display name, but you have to program in yourself   
   the names that go with numbers that call you - the system doesn't   
   provide that information.   
      
   >   
   > BTW, most of the ones (separate CID displays) I had used a reflective LCD   
   > display with no backlight. These were hard to read unless you get the   
   > angle just right.   
   >   
   > For junk calls, many show 1 of these 2 patterns in the name display:   
   >   
   > 1. CITY ST (like TELEPHONE TX). I hear that that's what happens when the   
   > number is not registered, and it's trying to tell you where the call is   
   > coming from. This is most likely useless when you're dealing with spoofed   
   > numbers, but the pattern usually does identify a robocall.   
   >   
   > 2. The NAME field has just a number in it, often the same as the number   
   > field.   
   >   
   > BTW, there really is a TELEPHONE TX. It's a little town which probably has   
   > nothing to do with the spammer.   
   >   
   > OT: We had a little snow last night.   
   >   
   Just a lot of rain here (Kent, SE England).   
      
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   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
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