[asterisk-biz] Question about CID in London

[Peter Bowyer]

On 31/08/06, Dinesh Ravishanker <dinesh at skyyconsulting.com> wrote:
> List-
>
> 1. I have a client who wants me to do some custom Asterisk Development in
> London.  This is a small project that requires us to attain an incoming
> caller's phone number (CID) and based on the incoming cell phone caller-id,
> perform some function.
>
> My client tells me there are problems with attaining cell phone Caller ID's
> in London, using Asterisk...  can anyone shed some light on what problems he
> may be referring to?

There's no generic issue with callerid and UK cellphones - maybe your
client has come across problems getting callerid over PSTN lines in
the UK with standard FXO hardware - there are patches and config
recipies for this. Or maybe a grey route was involved?

> 2. Can someone reccomend a high-quality sip provider (that you have worked
> with) in London?

As someone has already posted, Magrathea Telecom for wholesale. I'd
recommend Telappliant (www.voiptalk.org) for retail volumes - they
resell Magrathea's nationwide DIDs for origination (SIP or IAX), and
have reliable and reasonably priced termination. They're
Asterisk-friendly, too.

Peter

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Peter Bowyer
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