On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 01:07:17PM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: > Re-reading this, providers have it all wrong and should be cracked > down on with fines or whatever. ANI is not the same as Caller ID but > this quoted text indicates they are using one and the same. > > I do know some VoIP providers that do not allow you to use a number > that is not allocated to you.
Correct. No carrier sending packets to the SS7 network should be originating CNID *or* ANI that doesn't match *some* numbers for which the subscriber in question is assigned. I don't have chapter and verse, but you can bet I'm going to go find it. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 Those who cast the vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything. -- (Joseph Stalin) _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz