On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 09:04, Steven Critchfield wrote: > On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 09:28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have an installation which is currenly using 14 DID Trunk Lines. I > > need to be able to use Caller ID information and currently it is not > > available on these lines. > > Is there another way to access this information? > > Convert to PRI. > > While I am sure it is possible to order CallerID on a DID trunk, it > sometimes is dependent on software revisions in the CO as to whether or > not they can support it. We had this problem once. PRI will get you both > called number(DID) but also the calling number all sent in the D channel > so you should have nice fast answers if you choose.
Some long distance providers provide the information on the channel, usually as *DNIS*ANI* or *ANI*DNIS*... I currently get something like *16665551212*17775551213*. It's not as slick as PRI, but it's often a lot less expensive. Jared Smith _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users