Subject: [Asterisk-Users] RE: Q: Can I over-ride the value of caller ID

[Eric Wieling aka ManxPower]

> Hello all, further to Rob's message, could I ask does zaptel.conf or
> Zapata.conf need anything further (for caller ID) to allow the setting of
> caller ID, as my below E1 pri debug shows that Asterisk seems to be
> correctly sending the necessary Q931 instructions to the carrier (Colt) to
> set the caller ID, yet cell phone still shows call as "Withheld"
> 
> Any thoughts? Or is this now an issue that now must be directed to the
> carrier? (Note that actual tel number below has had digits blanked for this
> post, but prior to blanking digit length correct)
> Many thanks for all and any thoughts.
> Magnus

That's really up to your carrier.  Many carriers to not allow customers 
to set the Caller*ID number.  I don't know of ANY that let you set the 
Caller*ID name.