[Asterisk-Users] quadBRI and UK ISDN2e

[Steve Kennedy]

On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 05:33:18PM +0100, Linus Surguy wrote:

> > I've just been onto BT again, and it seems they did have CLIP on the
> > line for a few minutes, but then they removed it again and put COLP on,
> > which they then told me was the same as CLIP... monkeys :(
> > Wait... I take that back.. calling BT a bunch of monkeys is insulting to
> > monkeys.
> > They then proceeded to tell me that I didn't need to purchase a
> > "presentation number" service (that allows us to display our
> > non-geographic numberto people with CLIP rather than our geographic
> > one)... I could just tell my switch to send whatever callerID I wanted
> > and it'd get displayed... BT ISDN2e - the phreakers delight :)
> You clearly have been speaking to a branch of BT that doesnt have the
> slightest clue. I can confirm that the above is definately NOT true. You can
> set the caller ID you send out, but only within the range of DDI/MSN numbers
> that has been assigned to your ISDN 2e line.

Exactly, you can do lots more if you have SS7 connect, but you then need
a telco switch ... anything that is presented at the premises level will
have severe constraints on what can and cant be set.


Steve

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