[asterisk-users] Caller ID (name) - where does it come from?

[Danny Nicholas]

CALLERID(name) is a TELCO specific field.  In the long run, you will be best
served using your own lookup of a database using CALLERID(num), since
CID(name) is unreliable and in some cases costly.  IMO, you would be well
served with an app (AGI?) that recorded valid names into the database and
let you insert the names where they aren't.

 

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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Barry D.
Hassler
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:41 PM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: [asterisk-users] Caller ID (name) - where does it come from?

 

Hi Folks, having an issue with outbound calls through a VOIP provider. Calls
get sent out with the CallerID(number), but where does callerID(name) come
from? Apparently not from provider, as we are seeing different (sometime
missing) names on inbound calls, different than what we have configured.
Apparently this comes from some telco database somewhere? Numbers were
ported from a wired-telco.



-- 
Barry D. Hassler
President, HCST

http://www.hcst.net/
937-427-9000

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