SL> BTW, we don't have caller ID in Australia, do we?

RS> Its imminent, Distinctive Ring ditto.

HM> Distinctive ring has been actively pending for about three years.

Well, there are various levels of imminent. Three years
ago it wasnt supposed to be imminent, tho certainly coming.

HM> It still hasn't happened.

If it had, it wouldnt be imminent Hamish |-)

HM> About three years ago someone from Telstra Research Labs
HM> faxed me a spec sheet about it showing ring cycles, etc

True thats certainly when they had already decide we would have it eventually.

HM> I called Telstra about it and they'd never heard
HM> of it and even asked me to fax it on to them.

Sure, but thats endemic in any large organisation

HM> Of course, you wouldn't expect one hand to know what the other was doing.

Yep, we havent invented any solution to that problem with large
organisations. There are still some today who dont realise that
the STD calls are charged on a per second basis on modern exchanges.
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