I guess there may be some legal implications, but that sounds like a good thing.  I'd counter the legal implications with having a right to know who is calling, unless this is for an anonymous hotline.

On 4/10/06, Steve Totaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Peter J Dean wrote:
> I am not sure how this works in other countries, but in Australia -
> according to Telstra - the caller id is managed by the terminating
> device which is the telephone. If the caller id has been flagged as a
> silent number then generally the caller id is not display, but rather
> display with an alternative message 'Number Withheld' or 'Private' or
> whatever.
>
> Right now every incoming call regardless of whether they have been
> flagged as a silent number or not we are able to see those numbers.
>
> Is their provisioning within the SIP or IAX2 trunk protocol to accept
> and honour the silent caller id?
> Is or will Asterisk be able to support and honour silent caller id's
> now or in the future?
>
>
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Sounds like you are receiving ANI.  A good thing if you ask me.
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