| Re: Caller ID on Home Phones Using Vonage Originating From Cell Phones |
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> Found out that on cell phones to home calls that it is normal
> sometimes to not show the caller name. And that on the Uniden cordless
> phone at home, it will look up the phone number for the right ring to
> play but will not display the name.
> Thanks anyway. Hopefully this might help someone.
> Patty
> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: But, please remember, it is not just
> 'cell phones to _home_ calls'. Home or business has nothing to do
> with it, nor cell phones (as such) nor Uniden phones (as such). If
> _any_ telephone (home or business) is equipped to give caller ID and
> it is a _newer_ style caller ID device, and the sending telco is
> equipped for it, then the caller ID will come through. PAT]
Some cell carriers transmit name/number, some don't. Verizon doesn't,
but Nextel does. Go figure.
Those are the only two I'm familiar with.