Re: My calls show up as "Unknown Caller" in caller ID

I'm not the OP, but as a point of reference ...

I live in Greenville SC and have callerID through Charter
Communications. My sister-in-law lives in Los Angeles and has a
Verizon cell phone. Her calls to us, and only her calls to us (so
far), show this "Unknown Caller" thing. Many cell users show names,
but I don't know enough to identify providers ... EXCEPT one with
Sprint does.

On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 11:11:19 -0400, Cinderlane@webtv.net (Cinder Lane)
wrote:

>What country/city are you in? In the States, Caller ID identifies
>Verizon's caller as being the city of the number's exchange.
>
>There is a difference between a blocked call (private call) and an
>unknown caller. A "blocked call" is purposely initiated by the CALLER.
>An "unknown caller" description is the fault of the CALLED party's
>telco. It means that the local telco is not maintaining a cross-lookup
>database. True, it's Verizon's choice that your NAME not be identified,
>but it's the telco's fault that your CITY is not displayed.

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:48:08 -0400, GeorgeB <nospam@att.net> wrote:

>I'm not the OP, but as a point of reference ...
>
>I live in Greenville SC and have callerID through Charter
>Communications. My sister-in-law lives in Los Angeles and has a
>Verizon cell phone. Her calls to us, and only her calls to us (so
>far), show this "Unknown Caller" thing. Many cell users show names,
>but I don't know enough to identify providers ... EXCEPT one with
>Sprint does.

Alltel shows names, at least in upstate SC. There was even a form in
my last bill where I could change what CID name showed when I call
from my phones.

> I'm not the OP, but as a point of reference ...
>
> I live in Greenville SC and have callerID through Charter
> Communications. My sister-in-law lives in Los Angeles and has a
> Verizon cell phone. Her calls to us, and only her calls to us (so
> far), show this "Unknown Caller" thing. Many cell users show names,
> but I don't know enough to identify providers ... EXCEPT one with
> Sprint does.
>

So just add your sister-in-law to your contact list.When she calls
whatever you have for her in the contact list will show up in your caller-
id.

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On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:34:43 -0400, The Ghost of General Lee
<ghost@general.lee> wrote:

>On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:48:08 -0400, GeorgeB <nospam@att.net> wrote:
>
>>I'm not the OP, but as a point of reference ...
>>
>>I live in Greenville SC and have callerID through Charter
>>Communications. My sister-in-law lives in Los Angeles and has a
>>Verizon cell phone. Her calls to us, and only her calls to us (so
>>far), show this "Unknown Caller" thing. Many cell users show names,
>>but I don't know enough to identify providers ... EXCEPT one with
>>Sprint does.
>
>Alltel shows names, at least in upstate SC. There was even a form in
>my last bill where I could change what CID name showed when I call
>from my phones.

I should have realized that; my calls home from my (Alltel) cell show
my name. Haven't opened the bill that came last week, so don't know
if that is there, but it probably is.

Thanks for the details.

"al" <myemail2@here.com> wrote in message
news:Xns981D666FC2165123colds@216.196.97.136...
>> I'm not the OP, but as a point of reference ...
>>
>> I live in Greenville SC and have callerID through Charter
>> Communications. My sister-in-law lives in Los Angeles and has a
>> Verizon cell phone. Her calls to us, and only her calls to us (so
>> far), show this "Unknown Caller" thing. Many cell users show names,
>> but I don't know enough to identify providers ... EXCEPT one with
>> Sprint does.
>>
>
> So just add your sister-in-law to your contact list.When she calls
> whatever you have for her in the contact list will show up in your caller-
> id.
>

OP here. That's the suggestion VZW had for me, but it's a bit tough to go
to 100+ clients and ask them to somehow manually program their PBX's to show
my company name when calling from my Treo.

"N2" <n2@nunya.com> wrote in
news:Qv2Eg.8783$0e5.8484@newsread4.news.pas.earthl ink.net:

>
> "al" <myemail2@here.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns981D666FC2165123colds@216.196.97.136...
>>> I'm not the OP, but as a point of reference ...
>>>
>>> I live in Greenville SC and have callerID through Charter
>>> Communications. My sister-in-law lives in Los Angeles and has a
>>> Verizon cell phone. Her calls to us, and only her calls to us (so
>>> far), show this "Unknown Caller" thing. Many cell users show names,
>>> but I don't know enough to identify providers ... EXCEPT one with
>>> Sprint does.
>>>
>>
>> So just add your sister-in-law to your contact list.When she calls
>> whatever you have for her in the contact list will show up in your
>> caller- id.
>>
>
> OP here. That's the suggestion VZW had for me, but it's a bit tough
> to go to 100+ clients and ask them to somehow manually program their
> PBX's to show my company name when calling from my Treo.
>
>
>

That would be tough.But then I thought we were talking about one person
(your sis).

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"al" <myemail2@here.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9823A1ACBB06B123colds@216.196.97.136...

> That would be tough.But then I thought we were talking about one person
> (your sis).


This is a problem with all VAW cell phones. VZW just does not pass on the
name as part of the caller ID info. I've called the corporate office and
complianed and they only say "Ouer customers like the privacy"

It's incoming calls to a cell phone will pull the name out of the contacts
list, But if you are calling a land line pohne with caller ID it will only
say "Wireless Caller" or Unknown Caller

Jack