I haven't looked into it, but either * or the AS5350 gateway that I use
sees the "Anonymous" text and sets the appropriate flags.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Fraizer [mailto:tvo@enterzone.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 3:32 PM
> To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] E911 support
>
> Steve Dolloff wrote:
> > I have the following in my sip.conf entries:
> >
> > callerid="Anonymous" <8885551212>
> >
> > This still passes the number for 911, but flags the call as private.
I> > believe this will meet your requirements.
> >
> > Stephen
>
> OK. I was under the impression that the PSAP got their information
based> on
> ALI/ANI and not from CLID. Are you telling me that they're looking at
> CLID?
>
> Also, at least in the testing I've done, the text portion of the CLID
> string
> is ignored by the telco. They only look at the number and generate
the> text
> based on what is in their database. IE; If I tell my asterisk server
to> set
> my callerID to "test" <my home number> and call someplace,
What I get
on> the
> CLID display of the phone I dial is "John Fraizer" and my home
number.>
> Since Powell has stated that we must provide E911 services, I am
wondering> what precisely is going to have to be done to do so with Asterisk.
> Routing
> the call to the PSAP when someone dials 911 is the easy part. Sending
all> of the information they want/need (much more than just CLID and
something> that is regulated) is an alltogether different story.
>
> John
>
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