[Asterisk-Users] NuFone and CallerID

[Eric Wieling]

Richard J. Sears wrote:

> Hey Everyone,
> 
> I am using NuFone for 866 inbound service and I am trying to figure out
> the callerid part of it. Any call into my * system just shows "Toll Free
> Call" and will not give me the calling party's caller ID info.
> 
> Is this just something I have to live with using NuFOne, or did I miss
> some type of config in * that will grab the callerID other than the
> inbound 866 number...?

NuFone (and many VoIP providers) do not provide incoming Caller*ID 
Name (at least for toll free, maybe toll service as well).  This is 
because it costs them more to provide the Name service.

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