RE: [Asterisk-Users] Sending Caller ID info in MD/USA

[Marty Mastera]

All,       Having trouble getting answer from Verizon.  I believe Asterisk will let me specify a name and number that is sent to the PSTN (Verizon) of outgoing calls.  For instance, if I have a client, First Bank, and their toll free number is 888-555-1234, I could send that name and number.  Verizon is telling me that they will forward the number I send them, but the name will be my company's name.  I can't get an answer from them if this is a technical problem due to old equipment at their switching office; or if it is just a policy/law issue; or they just plain don't want to.  Does anyone have any answers to this?  Any responses or comments are welcome.   Thanks,   Bill    Hey Bill....found a better explanation of what I was talking about (from the Asterisk Handbook):   callerid: Sets the Caller ID information for a channel or channels.  The Caller ID string will be transmitted to other phones connected to your Asterisk network.  If you are dialing out to the public phone network via PRI, the Caller ID line number will be sent to the destination phone.  The public carrier will attach the matching directory listing to the number transmitted.  Therefore, you can set the number on PRI's but the name will automatically match the carrier directory.  If you are dialing out via an FXO to a standard line, the carrier controls the Caller ID sent to the recipient entirely.     Since the circuit is in your name, that's the name that appears on outbound calls via that circuit, regardless of what you set it to...if you were willing to dedicate channels on your circuit to your customer, maybe it's possible to have Verizon set those channels in your customers name on their systems?  But as Jay pointed out, if it's up to the call recipient's carrier to lookup and send caller id name, who knows how accurate their lookup would be even if you did get it set on a channel by channel basis by Verizon....   Marty callerid: Sets the Caller ID information for a channel or channels. The caller id string will be transmitted to other phones connected to your Asterisk network. If you are dialing out to the public phone network via PRI, the caller id line number will be sent to the destination phone. The public carrier will attach the matching directory listing to the number transmitted. Therefore, you can set the number on PRI's, but the name will automatically match the carrier directory. If you are dialing out via an FXO to a standard line, the carrier controls the caller id sent to the recipient entirely callerid: Sets the Caller ID information for a channel or channels. The caller id string will be transmitted to other phones connected to your Asterisk network. If you are dialing out to the public phone network via PRI, the caller id line number will be sent to the destination phone. The public carrier will attach the matching directory listing to the number transmitted. Therefore, you can set the number on PRI's, but the name will automatically match the carrier directory. If you are dialing out via an FXO to a standard line, the carrier controls the caller id sent to the recipient entirely callerid: Sets the Caller ID information for a channel or channels. The caller id string will be transmitted to other phones connected to your Asterisk network. If you are dialing out to the public phone network via PRI, the caller id line number will be sent to the destination phone. The public carrier will attach the matching directory listing to the number transmitted. Therefore, you can set the number on PRI's, but the name will automatically match the carrier directory. If you are dialing out via an FXO to a standard line, the carrier controls the caller id sent to the recipient entirely   callerid: Sets the Caller ID information for a channel or channels. The caller id string will be transmitted to other phones connected to your Asterisk network. If you are dialing out to the public phone network via PRI, the caller id line number will be sent to the destination phone. The public carrier will attach the matching directory listing to the number transmitted. Therefore, you can set the number on PRI's, but the name will automatically match the carrier directory. If you are dialing out via an FXO to a standard line, the carrier controls the caller id sent to the recipient entirely

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