I guess there may be some legal implications, but that sounds like a good thing. I'd counter the legal implications with having a right to know who is calling, unless this is for an anonymous hotline.<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/10/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steve Totaro</b> <<a href="mailto:stotaro@asteriskhelpdesk.com">stotaro@asteriskhelpdesk.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Peter J Dean wrote:<br>> I am not sure how this works in other countries, but in Australia -<br>> according to Telstra - the caller id is managed by the terminating
<br>> device which is the telephone. If the caller id has been flagged as a<br>> silent number then generally the caller id is not display, but rather<br>> display with an alternative message 'Number Withheld' or 'Private' or
<br>> whatever.<br>><br>> Right now every incoming call regardless of whether they have been<br>> flagged as a silent number or not we are able to see those numbers.<br>><br>> Is their provisioning within the SIP or IAX2 trunk protocol to accept
<br>> and honour the silent caller id?<br>> Is or will Asterisk be able to support and honour silent caller id's<br>> now or in the future?<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>
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