why no name with caller id number?

There is a cost to supplying the names...a continuing cost that takes
away from profits.

There is also a possiblity that the release of names may be a future
option that you will get to pay for... ;<)

How much would you pay to get the caller's name?

How about the callee's name?

TMT

Larry wrote:
> "Too_Many_Tools" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
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> > Also consider that the names related to the numbers will change...which
> > only adds to the costs...not the profits.
> >
> >
>
> I bet the CLEC hands them the names when they hand them the number that's
> calling. The CLEC does that at home, right? Verizon doesn't need a big
> database server to store all the names on the planet. They just need to
> turn on ALL the data the CLEC is already feeding them, not just the number
> field.
>
>
>
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In article <[email protected]>, Larry wrote:
> "Too_Many_Tools" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> Also consider that the names related to the numbers will change...which
>> only adds to the costs...not the profits.
>>
>>
>
> I bet the CLEC hands them the names when they hand them the number that's
> calling.i

Actually, no.

There can be an agreement between a cellular carrier and a LEC that the LEC
will allow the cellco to dip into the database to retrieve the names.

But it's not there by default.


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In message <[email protected]>
"Too_Many_Tools" <[email protected]> wrote:

>There is also a possiblity that the release of names may be a future
>option that you will get to pay for... ;<)

Rogers (GSM) in Canada already provides name display at additional cost.

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In message <[email protected]> Larry
<[email protected]> wrote:

>"Too_Many_Tools" <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> Also consider that the names related to the numbers will change...which
>> only adds to the costs...not the profits.
>
>I bet the CLEC hands them the names when they hand them the number that's
>calling. The CLEC does that at home, right? Verizon doesn't need a big
>database server to store all the names on the planet. They just need to
>turn on ALL the data the CLEC is already feeding them, not just the number
>field.

You guess incorrectly. The number is passed, the receiving telco then
needs to look up the name in the originating telco's database.

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