In my six years of SS7 work I have never seen the calling name generated by the calling switch and passed via the SS7 network. Normally and of all the installations that I seen, it is done by the called switch via a TCAP query to a SCP database. Tom c.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Capouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Little confused about Caller ID > Alexander Lopez wrote: > > > > Most Telcos do not receive the Name as part of the data in the call > > through the tandems b/w Telcos, they opt rather to do the lookup in the > > LIDB themselves. > > > > Just for the sake of completeness: "most telcos do not" would imply that > "some telcos *do*." > > You also say they "opt" to to the lookup. > > Does this mean that the name is actually sent along, but ignored by most > endpoint switches, or is there something else going on beyond that? > > Thx. > > B. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > ----------------------------------------------- > Scanned by Bayou Internet for all known viruses. > http://www.bayou.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