[Asterisk-Users] Regulatory Ruling about Caller-ID

[Rich Adamson]

If there was some type of ruling, its most likely to be a state public 
service commission (different names in different states), and not with 
the Fed's, etc.


> Right, but SOMEONE has to have that number linked to 'Jane Smith'
> somewhere.  I do not have any sections or numbers or dockets to quote.
>  What I was told was that Verizon recently had regulation brought down
> on them that prohibits them from setting the caller-id on a number to
> something or someone NOT on the account.
> 
> On 3/29/06, Justin Tunney <jtunney at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:54:19 -0500, Matt <mhoppes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> IE... Mary Smith seperates from Joe Smith... Joe Smith gets phone
>>> service and wants his CID to read 'Jane Smith', who is Mary's sister,
>>> so that Mary will answer when Joe calls.
>>>
>> I was always under the impression that the telcos stored the strings
>> associated with numbers in their own databases (or in your own cell
>> phone), thereby only allowing you to make your name appear to be "Jane
>> Smith" if you spoof your caller id to be the registered number of someone
>> whose name is actually "Jane Smith".