ANI and caller ID are different. On a toll free circuit, you are provided with true ANI due to billing. Caller ID can be changed, whereas rates (ANI) can not be changed. ANI provides the true caller's number for billing as well as ANI cannot be blocked as opposed to CallerID.
Thanks, Steve Totaro On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 9:40 AM, John Signorello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.totse.com/en/phreak/introduction_to_telecommunications/cid_ani.html > > > > Mike Hammett wrote: > > Is the CID of a call to a toll free number really the ANI, therefore not > spoofed or blocked? > > Someone who's opinion I respect said it generally is, but he wasn't sure. > Since I have a potential customer coming to me with an ANI requirement, not > a CID requirement, I figured I should make sure. > > > ---------- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > ________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
