[asterisk-biz] Carriers not allowing CallerID to be set to a 800 number?

[Mike Benoit]

I've been with Teliax for a few years now and they have been great,
however recently they stopped allowing us to set our callerID to the 800
number we have with them. Here is their explanation:

"Effective April 16th please note that all outbound dialing will need to
pass a valid *LOCAL* 10 digit number for your callerid. This applies to
callerid set using the Teliax portal or your own SIP/IAX user agent.
This change is the result of carrier push to raise rates on termination.
We do not intend to raise rates in the foreseeable future but must take
action to control our costs. As such, any calls passed through teliax
with a non-valid callerid (this means toll-free CID as well) will be
allowed to pass but with a newly generated interstate caller ID."

Is this something that will be happening across the industry, or is it
specific to Teliax? This is causing us all sorts of problems, so is
there a good VOIP company out there that:

a. You can actually call and get a hold of someone.
b. Offers US-48+Canada toll-free DIDs.
c. Central or West coast servers.
d. Decent rates, in the 2.0cents/min range preferably.

I hate to leave Teliax, but this is pretty much forcing us to do so.

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