[asterisk-users] "Fixing the Caller-ID Problem", by John Todd for O'ReillyNet

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I have seen your paper on the caller ID issue I can't agree with you more.

On 10/24/06, J. Oquendo <sil at infiltrated.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-10-24 at 15:12 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 02:57:38PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > > This seems like a piece members of this list would find interesting...
> >
> > Further down, he notes:
> >
> >       The PSTN cannot turn on a dime and restrict ANI/CLID from many
> >       clients using "whitelist" filters. Caller ID manipulation is
> >       used too widely for completely legitimate purposes, and any
> >       firm providing interconnection will almost always ask for a
> >       removal of the ingress filter when sending calls to another
> >       carrier. I believe that a "check-ahead database" that is
> >       consulted before call completion at any/every border is
> >       unworkable as a matter of cost and willpower.
> >
> > with which I disagree.  In the current regulatory environment, the only
> > thing they really have handle on is calls which transit the PSTN, and
> > there are *already* rules which restrict what CNID may be transmitted
> > across the PSTN by a LEC or IXC.
> >
>
> What's going on Jay... Round 2? (Kidding). I always ponder the stupidity
> in this act. How exactly do they expect to enforce this, and how
> long/short will it be before I myself take the first strike and sue
> either Dell or IBM for not posting the caller ID information from their
> outsourced vendors abroad.
>
> I mean really... You expect me to believe your name is John and you're
> from Seattle "ven you shpeek to me like vat is my problem vis my
> computer? Vell type in v v v dart dell dart com"...
>
> Call me an ass, call me rude... Call me realistic.
>
>
>
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