This is necessary in alot of setups as not every phone has a DID (direct inward dial) that allows it to be called from outside the PBX.
This feature isn't going anywhere.
With performance tuning these days, that port is useful for things like On Board Diagnostics
I know its crazy but its true. Some people do use that port to do things like tune their cars. If the insurance company requires me to keep this thing plugged in for my discount, will I still be allowed to unplug it now and then for such an insurance unfriendly task as performance tuning or SMOG checks? Will the device log that its been unplugged and prevent me from getting my discount. Even worse, what if, regardless of my good driving, the insurance company see's a modification to my engine managament software it doesn't like? Do I get screwed?
Then there is the whole market of products developing around putting vehicle diagnostic data onto Fast and Furious style displays or even integrating it with other systems such as GPS. That market will pretty much be screwed, or at least slowed, if it doesn't have access to that port anymore.
Its a slippery slope at best
Why can't they just slap a printer under the machine and let it print a line for every ballot submitted inside its little locked cabinet?
Then, if they really don't trust the database, they can count up the lines on the paper log to their hearts content.
Why does such a simple concept as voting have to be such a huge issue?
Correct me if I'm wrong but you can set up your caller id display number in most VOIP equipment including Cisco gear like call manager.
I used to work for a VOIP company and we would routinely change peoples Caller IDs to a specific number so they could call someone on their secondary line and have it display the CID of their primary line. Granted, we owned all the DIDs we were using and we were on PRIs but still.
I think the access provider should be checking to make sure your CID is either a DID you own or it is not present.
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This is necessary in alot of setups as not every phone has a DID (direct inward dial) that allows it to be called from outside the PBX. This feature isn't going anywhere.
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With performance tuning these days, that port is useful for things like On Board Diagnostics I know its crazy but its true. Some people do use that port to do things like tune their cars. If the insurance company requires me to keep this thing plugged in for my discount, will I still be allowed to unplug it now and then for such an insurance unfriendly task as performance tuning or SMOG checks? Will the device log that its been unplugged and prevent me from getting my discount. Even worse, what if, regardless of my good driving, the insurance company see's a modification to my engine managament software it doesn't like? Do I get screwed? Then there is the whole market of products developing around putting vehicle diagnostic data onto Fast and Furious style displays or even integrating it with other systems such as GPS. That market will pretty much be screwed, or at least slowed, if it doesn't have access to that port anymore. Its a slippery slope at best
Why can't they just slap a printer under the machine and let it print a line for every ballot submitted inside its little locked cabinet? Then, if they really don't trust the database, they can count up the lines on the paper log to their hearts content. Why does such a simple concept as voting have to be such a huge issue?
Correct me if I'm wrong but you can set up your caller id display number in most VOIP equipment including Cisco gear like call manager. I used to work for a VOIP company and we would routinely change peoples Caller IDs to a specific number so they could call someone on their secondary line and have it display the CID of their primary line. Granted, we owned all the DIDs we were using and we were on PRIs but still. I think the access provider should be checking to make sure your CID is either a DID you own or it is not present.
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