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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:54:19 -0500, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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".
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