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Re: Caller ID on Home Phones Using Vonage Originating From Cell Phones

Robert Bonomi (bonomi@host122.r-bonomni.com)
Tue, 17 Jan 2006 03:16:40 -0000

In article <telecom25.23.3@telecom-digest.org>,
<pattyjamas@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have Vonage. This is a newbie question. I have caller ID on a new
> set of phones I bought at home (Uniden CLX-485). When someone calls me
> from their home or business phone it displays the name and the number
> perfectly.

> When they call me from their cell phone it only displays the number
> and the name defaults to "Wireless Caller". While I have them in my
> phonebook on my home phone, it does not use that to look up the name.

> Is this somewhat normal? No name displayed on home callerid from a
> cell phone caller? Most people in my area use Verizon Wireless.

This has nothing to do with the fact that you have Vonage for phone
service. :)

What you see when a cellular customer calls you depends totally on the
cellular company. Some companies only provide a 'generic' id that is
the same for all their customers, others provide name info for the
specific customer.

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