[Asterisk-Users] Caller ID How does it get setup?

[Rich Adamson]

There is a fairly steep cost to implement that function, and the majority
of the smaller itsp's don't want to impact their margins with it.

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> oh and one tech from them support said they will be handling all cname soon .. like ETA 1 week
> 
> can't wait to get my FBI name out...
> 
> On 11/5/05, Rich Adamson <radamson at routers.com> wrote:
> 
>     > OK I am exhausted.
>     > I can't seem to figure out how to send a caller ID along with a
>     > Outbound call.
>     < snip >
>     >
>     > Anyway, Outbound Caller ID Hos is this done?
>     > I now use VoicePulse as my provider.
> 
>     I'm not a VoicePulse user, so not sure if they even support it.
> 
>     Here's how I do it with teliax.com
> 
>     ; Calls directed to Teliax.com
>     exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,1,Set(CallerIDnum=4024325395|a)
>     exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,2,Set(CallerIDname=NPI|a)
>     exten => _1NXXXXXXXXX,3,Dial(IAX2/teliaxout/${EXTEN})
> 
>     Some of the itsp's will accept the above and pass it out their PRI
>     links. Other itsp's don't do support it at all. It depends a lot on
>     who they are interfacing with from call completion perspective. In
>     other words, for US PRI links, some carriers refuse to allow their
>     customers to set the CallerID Num while others allow it.
> 
>     None of them typically support setting the CallerID Name however.
> 
>     CallerID Name is usually done via the central office serving the
>     customer that you called. They do a libd database lookup just prior
>     to completing the call, and in most cases that database is configurable
>     by the telco's.
> 
>     The folks at teliax.com provide two mechanisms for their voip customers
>     to handle CallerID. The method above is one of those, and the second
>     is provided through fields that I complete on their web site. I obviously
>     use the method shown above.
> 
>     One other comment, generally you can't set the CallerID Num to any old
>     arbitrary number that you might want. It has to be a real and usable
>     number.
> 
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