"out-of-area" is displayed for calls that originate from LECs that have not implemented caller id.
James Taylor MetroTel 3505 Summerhill Road Suite 11 Texarkana, Tx 75503 903-793-1956 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rich > Adamson > Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 12:19 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Differ between "private" and "out of > area"? > > > I don't believe you can trust the keywords that may or maynot be in the > calleridname. The telco folks will frequently honor anything that a > company wants inserted as a name (assuming a reasonable request). > > So, even if you get the correct logic in place for asterisk code, > the end result is most likely not going to give you what you want. > > I know a telco tech that will change the libd database to say > "God Calling", place a call to a buddy, then change it back to the > original string after the call. Also, some itsp's allow you to change > that string to anything reasonable. > > ------------------------ > > > Yes, I know that, but, how to distinguish between them at incoming call? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > A private call is a call that someone has specifically blocked. An > > "out of area" or "unknown" call is simply a call that the caller-id > > did not come through on correctly, for some reason. > > > > On 9/18/05, Goran Dj. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there any method to make difference between Hidden ("Private") and > > > unknown ("Out of area") incoming calls on ZAP/x101p? I want to block > > any > > > hidden call, and to allow unknow calls, but ZAP channel (X101P) always > > > delivering empty CALLERID=""<> in both cases. > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users