[asterisk-users] Re: Voip Buster - CID

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On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:33:13 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 11:31:29AM -0500, Eric ManxPower Wieling wrote:
> > Naija Man wrote:
> > >You can try VoipJet (http://www.voipjet.com)
> > >
> > >A simple configuration in you extensions.conf as below will solve your
> > >problem.
> > >
> > >exten => _X.,1,SetCIDNum(13455551212)
> > >exten => _X.,n,Dial(IAX2/9999 at voipjet/${EXTEN})
> > 
> > "1" is not valid as the first digit in a NANPA phone number.  Only put 
> > the area code and phone number in the Caller*ID Information,
> 
> This seems like a good time to remind people of the difference 
> between a Directory Number, and what you dial to get to it.
> 
> The dialling pattern for NANP phone numbers usually includes the
> leading 1 (though some carriers let you leave it off), but the
> Directory Number doesn't include 1 -- as that is viewed as a
> non-international address.
> 
> Now, if you treat as a full E.164 address, it *does* include the 1,
> since that's the Country Code for the US.  But that's (usually) not
> germane to dialplanning.  I think.
> 

What, then, is the proper way of using full E164 numbers if not in the
dialplan and if not with Set(CALLERID(num)) ? 

N.