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

[Matt]

Not to totally change the subject.. but you've actually been able to make
calls passing 800xxxxxx as your CALLER-ID?   Alot of places will block your
calls if you do that (and I don't mean VoIP carriers).

On 4/18/07, Mike Benoit <ipso at snappymail.ca> wrote:
>
> 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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