Hi Vic, Thanks for the information which is certainly new to me, and useful to know. However, I think you misunderstood my question, which referred to a PBX receiving caller ID information at the start of an incoming call from the PSTN, and forwarding this information to an extension. For example, during a call received on a DID number, when the PBX automatically calls the requested extension; or through an automated attendant function that transfers calls to an extension which the caller specifies by dialing the extension number; or even for calls transferred manually by the company switchboard attendant.
Regards, David Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] >David, A new standard is just out or will be coming out shortly that will describe how a PBX will indicate who the calling party is, and more importantly where the calling party is, when calling the emergency number 911. That technology is not yet widely used but will be rammed down the PBX manufacturers throats in the near future. I am not very familiar with that standard, but it seems to me that if it can provide that kind of information to the 911 operator, it should be capable of providing calling numner identification outside the PBX. TIA TR41.1.3 is doing the work. Call I receive from people behind PBXs usually tell me what organization is calling, not what individual in that organization or what number in that PBX. Shalom, Vic<
