[Asterisk-Users] Setting Caller ID after Dial

[Matt Fredrickson]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 12:37:34PM -0500, Eric Wieling aka ManxPower wrote:
> Bryce Chidester wrote:
> >The CallerID that is seen by others on calls originating from your  PRI 
> >is set by your PRI provider; you have no control from Asterisk  about 
> >this as it gets overridden by the provider. You must contact  your 
> >carrier and ask them to set the CallerID for all PRI lines to  the 
> >desired name/number.
> 
> Wrong!
> 
> Your carrier can allow you to set your own Caller*ID NUMBER.  Some 
> carriers do this by default, some on request, some refuse to do so.
> 
> Your carrier lets us set our Caller*ID NUMBER to anything we want.
> 
> The Caller*ID NAME you have no control over.  It will show up as 
> whatever name is associated with the number.

Some carriers will also let your set your name too ;-)

Matthew Fredrickson