[asterisk-users] Setting Appearance on Outbound Calls?

[Matt]

Right... you dial *67 to block, however WE are the phone provider and
need to set the appearance value so that when our customers dial *67
we correctly block their caller-id from going out.

On 7/9/07, Noah Miller <noahisaacmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Matt -
>
> > What do I need to do to set the outbound appearance on a call so that
> > it shows up as Unavailable or Private?
>
> In most cases, I think you'd need to arrange this with your provider.
> If you want to do it on a call-by-call basis (in the US), dial *67
> before you dial the number. If you have Caller ID blocked permanently,
> dial *82 to unblock for a given call.
>
> There may be other ways to do it, though.  One of my clients has a
> Verizon PRI.  If I set the CallerID to an invalid number and call
> another Verizon landline, it will show up as unavailable. If I do the
> same and call just about any cell phone, the receiving phone will show
> the invalid number even if it's something like "000000000000000".  On
> this PRI, I think it always works to set it to a validly formatted,
> but fake number.
>
>
> - Noah
>
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