Hello Fred
On 19-Feb-01, you wrote:
>> It's possible that your ISP is using caller ID, and expecting you to
>> always call from the same number. I've come across this on one BBS.
>
> That's sufficiently obnoxious that I doubt it's very common. Unless it
> automatically captured the number the first time you called, you'd need to
> tell the ISP the calling number explicitly.
I'm pretty sure BT do this for their ISPs, although I'm certain about the
virtual ISPs they host)
For sure, the radius implementation BT use allows you to add a subscribers
phone number to the config line.
> Another possibility is that they use Caller ID only for logging purposes,
> but refuse the call if Caller ID is blocked. In that case, you'd have to
> include the Caller ID enable prefix (*82 in this area).
They definately use it for logging purposes.
Regards
Steve
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