[Asterisk-Users] Regulatory Ruling about Caller-ID

[trixter aka Bret McDanel]

> On 3/29/06, Matt <mhoppes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Did anyone hear about a recent ruling which makes it illegal to have
> > caller-id set to anything except what is on the account of the user?
> >
> > IE... If your name is "Joe Smith" you can't have "Mary Smith" set as
> > the caller-id name, unless mary smith is also on your account.
> > ___

ruling by whom and in what jurisdiction?  AFAIK there is no global
governing body for telecom, but then I dont pay enough attention so
there might be :)


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