[Asterisk-Users] Nortel DMS250

[Michael Loftis]

--On Thursday, October 07, 2004 17:10 -0400 Chris HARIGA 
<contact at techselesta.com> wrote:

> How sweet...
>
> I know ani=callerID... The telco in his contract w/ me will reveal all the
> incoming numbers including the calls with callerID block. Now, if I dial
> with *67 in the front one of my numbers in * I don't get the callers
> information...

ANI does NOT mean CallerID.  ANI is used for billing.  ANI will always be 
the sending party -- either by number, or circuit identifier.  Often times 
though, yes, and ISDN PRI does transport ANI to you as 'CID'.