When we changed LD companies, they asked what we wanted as our "caller ID" for our dial-out lines. I believe I gave them our local number, so it's not necessarily what you've got as your incoming number.
-----Original Message----- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number. Interesting because if I make a call from my office, it gives the actual phone number of my direct dial line. Murray -----Original Message----- From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number. Murray, While it is true that "a" number will come through on Caller ID, it is not necessarily going to be the "actual" number from which a call was placed. If I make an outbound call from my company phone to my mobile phone, Caller ID shows it as coming from the company's main line not from my number. This makes it worthless for doing what the OP was requesting. Tim -----Original Message----- From: Murray Freeman [mailto:mfree...@alanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 1:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number. Klint, unless Caller ID blocking is in use, you could always make a call to your own cellphone and the number will display. Frankly, it can be slow getting an operator, and I'm not entirely sure they will always be cooperative. What could be simpler than calling your own cellphone.......if you have one!!!!! LOL Murray -----Original Message----- From: Klint Price [mailto:kpr...@arizonaitpro.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Phone number to tell you your phone number. That may work for POTS lines, but is not as reliable if calling from a PBX, or a line that is tied to a toll free number. You can't even rely on the number written on the wall jack at the DMARC (as I found out yesterday). If you happen to know a field technician at the local telecom, they have access to other tools: http://www.docdroppers.org/wiki/index.php?title=Qwest_Field_Accessed_Ser vice_Tools or you could always http://www.ehow.com/how_941_determine-telephones-telephone.html Klint -----Original Message----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Phone number to tell you your phone number. On 11 Sep 2009 at 14:33, Phillip Partipilo wrote: > In a previous life, I worked in telecom biz. There was this great > phone number we used when we clipped a buttset up and you called this > number, and a computer answered and told you the phone number you are > calling from. > That's all it did. We're in the process of going VoIP and our ancient > phone system is a complete mess of spaghetti! Call your cell phone, read the caller ID. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
