[Asterisk-Users] Regulatory Ruling about Caller-ID

[Justin Tunney]

On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:54:19 -0500, Matt <mhoppes at gmail.com> wrote:
> IE... Mary Smith seperates from Joe Smith... Joe Smith gets phone
> service and wants his CID to read 'Jane Smith', who is Mary's sister,
> so that Mary will answer when Joe calls.
>

I was always under the impression that the telcos stored the strings  
associated with numbers in their own databases (or in your own cell  
phone), thereby only allowing you to make your name appear to be "Jane  
Smith" if you spoof your caller id to be the registered number of someone  
whose name is actually "Jane Smith".