Well, Teliax says they "have no access to the PSTN's database", but I'm suggesting they check out TargusInfo as mentioned above. One of their suggestions, is to contact the local ILEC to get the number published in their white pages. Will that accomplish the same thing (I doubt it).
On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Danny Nicholas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *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 > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- Barry D. Hassler President, HCST http://www.hcst.net/ 937-427-9000
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