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jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us (Jay R. Ashworth) wrote:

>: (email: mouse@mindsprint.com) posted:
                 ^^^^^^^^^^
??  Was this deliberate?  I don't know.  There's a MindSPRING, but no
MindSPRINT I know of.  :)

>gives you the wrong number.  It's also worth noting that even when a
>cellco screws this up, _the number you get is *still* accurate, it's
>just not what you expect._

Some cellular carriers are screwing up *ANI* as well as CID (calls from
out-of-market roamers are passing both ANI and CID as the MIN of the
cellular phone, instead of sending CID as the MIN and ANI as a trunk
from the MTSO.)  This, of course, causes havoc with 800/888 numbers and
calling card call rating...

>: He  calls   himself collect using  Oncor:   He punches-in the 10-digit
>: "originating" number of his choice, then he punches-in the destination
>: number (which is his own cellular #).   Within seconds, his cell phone
<snip>
>If what she asserts is happeninga, actually is... and if it _is_, one
>call to their chief engineer ought to clear it up.  The FCC takes a dim

Calls routed through the 1-800 access number that payphones and hotel
phone systems use to access Oncor (I *do* know this number, but will
*not* give it out) do *not* display CID; it comes up as out-of-area.
[This holds for Chattanooga/Atlanta, it may not elsewhere.]  This is
surprising given the fact that Oncor routes the bulk of its calls
through WorldCom/WilTel and MCI, who are both very good about CID!

>: So everything is possible.  Even getting "PRIVATE" callers (*67ers) is
>: possible with a little creativity...
>Getting the ID of a call marked private?  Yeah, subvert the switch.

*67 works in Atlanta BellSouth cellular, but appears to pass OOA instead
of Private.

Then there's the VoiceNet calling card translation problem (CID shows up
as OOA, but Anon Call Reject rejects these calls as if *67 were dialed.
VoiceNet does NOT pass CID otherwise.)

SC
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