Caller Id - Is this correct ?

In article <[email protected]>, "bamp"
<bampatcenturyteldotnet> says...
>
> On my landline system the caller ID does not show. It says Cingular Caller.
> ..
> bamp
>
I don't even see that with Cingular in Dallas to my SBC landline -- just
"Wireless Call" and the cellular number.
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA

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On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:26:06 GMT, "RobR" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Is there such thing as a business family plan?
>
><Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> Maybe- Then maybe because mine is a business account. He'll i
>> don't know, but i do know that each line is separated.
>>
>> My daughter (Jennifer) has one of the phones and calls us on our land
>> line all the time and it says "Jennifer xxxx", not "Mark xxxx".
>>
>> Also on my bill it's got the names separated by phone number.
>>
>> Sorry if you feel my info is bad.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:10:25 GMT, "Dale \"Mad_Murdock\" White"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Hmm, I wish I had your strangeness Mark. But I've asked two different
>>>Cingular people and I got the same answer both times. So you must have got
>>>that "special" service
>>>
>>><Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>>> Strange, I have the family plan with 4 phones and each has an
>>>> "assigned name", ie each family member associated with there
>>>> respective first names on there phone numbers and they all come up
>>>> separately on caller id.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:21:56 GMT, "RobR" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>It shows the name of the person that holds the account at Cingular
>>>>>(ie my cell phone shows up as my wife on caller ID because the bills
>>>>>are in her name).
>>>>>
>>>>>If you're calling a home or cell phone that has a phonebook in it,
>>>>>and your family member names are in that phonebook, it will override
>>>>>Cingular's CID though and show the caller name that's stored in
>>>>>their phonebook under the incoming number.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Dale "Mad_Murdock" White" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>message
>>>>>news:m6wYf.907682$xm3.322159@attbi_s21...
>>>>>> According to Cingular, if I sign up for the family plan and have 4
>>>>>> different phones, the caller ID will only show my name, regardless of
>>>>>> whose phone it is. Is that normal ? Seems like it would show the
>>>>>> "users
>>>>>> name" that's listed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>

Correct, it's a corporate discount business plan. I don't know enough
about the repair business to open up my own shop.

In all honesty, it was set up this way many moons ago, while still
under the AT&T umbrella upon my request. It didn't seem to be a big
deal then for it to be set up like this, I'm a little surprised that
it is now.

However, reading ahead on another post, it appears (once again) that
the tech department has no problems while the white shirts of the
group are clueless.

My comment on my info was tongue and cheek only and not meant any
other way. Just passing along what i know to be facts on my side and
how my set up is.

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:55:42 GMT, "Dale \"Mad_Murdock\" White"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>When you say Business, do you mean it's tied into a corporate discount plan
>? Like my company has with Cingular or do you mean you got the phones under
>"Mark's Repair shop" and then added the family to that ?
>
>I'm not sure why or where it makes a differences if it was a business
>phone\plan or a standard plan. I suspect it's one of those things that they
>could do if they wanted, but don't like to for some reason or another. Maybe
>in your case they made an exception.
>
>I don't think your info is bad, as I'm learning over and over with Cingular,
>Every person you ask a question, you get a different answer. As others have
>pointed out, sometimes it's just a matter of screaming really loud until you
>get what you want, versus what they want you to have
>
>
><Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>> Maybe- Then maybe because mine is a business account. He'll i
>> don't know, but i do know that each line is separated.
>>
>> My daughter (Jennifer) has one of the phones and calls us on our land
>> line all the time and it says "Jennifer xxxx", not "Mark xxxx".
>>
>> Also on my bill it's got the names separated by phone number.
>>
>> Sorry if you feel my info is bad.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:10:25 GMT, "Dale \"Mad_Murdock\" White"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Hmm, I wish I had your strangeness Mark. But I've asked two different
>>>Cingular people and I got the same answer both times. So you must have got
>>>that "special" service
>>>
>>><Mark> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>>> Strange, I have the family plan with 4 phones and each has an
>>>> "assigned name", ie each family member associated with there
>>>> respective first names on there phone numbers and they all come up
>>>> separately on caller id.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:21:56 GMT, "RobR" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>It shows the name of the person that holds the account at Cingular
>>>>>(ie my cell phone shows up as my wife on caller ID because the bills
>>>>>are in her name).
>>>>>
>>>>>If you're calling a home or cell phone that has a phonebook in it,
>>>>>and your family member names are in that phonebook, it will override
>>>>>Cingular's CID though and show the caller name that's stored in
>>>>>their phonebook under the incoming number.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Dale "Mad_Murdock" White" <[email protected]> wrote in
>>>>>message
>>>>>news:m6wYf.907682$xm3.322159@attbi_s21...
>>>>>> According to Cingular, if I sign up for the family plan and have 4
>>>>>> different phones, the caller ID will only show my name, regardless of
>>>>>> whose phone it is. Is that normal ? Seems like it would show the
>>>>>> "users
>>>>>> name" that's listed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>

On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:04:45 GMT, John Navas
<[email protected]> wrote:

>[POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
>In <m6wYf.907682$xm3.322159@attbi_s21> on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:17:38 GMT, "Dale
>\"Mad_Murdock\" White" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>According to Cingular, if I sign up for the family plan and have 4 different
>>phones, the caller ID will only show my name, regardless of whose phone it
>>is. Is that normal ? Seems like it would show the "users name" that's
>>listed.
>
>This seems to be a common complaint. Here's a report from one subscriber on
>getting the correct Caller ID for each line:
>
> Keep at it till you find the right guy. Many have said it can not be done,
> even third level managers. But a guy from Cingular Data Tech : 8664902666
> did it in about 3 minutes time.

This isn't surprising at all.

[POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

In <[email protected]> on Tue, 04 Apr 2006
20:10:38 GMT, Jud Hardcastle <[email protected]> wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>, "bamp"
><bampatcenturyteldotnet> says...
>>
>> On my landline system the caller ID does not show. It says Cingular Caller.
>> ..

>I don't even see that with Cingular in Dallas to my SBC landline -- just
>"Wireless Call" and the cellular number.

Much depends on the services:

* Cingular may or may not be transmitting the name for a given number.

* Not all landline services support number and name -- some support only
number.

* Some landline services charge extra for the number and name, rather than
just number.

* You may be seeing a name on some incoming calls with number but without name
because the name is programmed into your Caller ID device for that number.

--
Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>

To echo what John said, In Laurel, Maryland I would get the name and number
of the person calling (cell or land line). This was on Verizon. Here in
L-ville KY, which has Bellsouth, I also get name and number.

90 miles south og l-ville, they have Alltel, and even when a local person
calls on a cellphone, it always says Celluar Phone (or somehting like that)
while all other land line calls, show name and number.

Funny enough, one my cellphone, I'm listed as Dale M. White, while on the
girlfriend's phone I'm just listed as Dale White. So there is already a
difference in the 2.


"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

>
> Much depends on the services:
>
> * Cingular may or may not be transmitting the name for a given number.
>
> * Not all landline services support number and name -- some support only
> number.
>
> * Some landline services charge extra for the number and name, rather than
> just number.
>
> * You may be seeing a name on some incoming calls with number but without
> name
> because the name is programmed into your Caller ID device for that number.

"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]...
> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <m6wYf.907682$xm3.322159@attbi_s21> on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:17:38 GMT,
"Dale
> \"Mad_Murdock\" White" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >According to Cingular, if I sign up for the family plan and have 4
different
> >phones, the caller ID will only show my name, regardless of whose phone
it
> >is. Is that normal ? Seems like it would show the "users name" that's
> >listed.
>
> This seems to be a common complaint. Here's a report from one subscriber
on
> getting the correct Caller ID for each line:
>
> Keep at it till you find the right guy. Many have said it can not be
done,
> even third level managers. But a guy from Cingular Data Tech :
8664902666
> did it in about 3 minutes time.
>
> --
> Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
> John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>


That number has been disconnected.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dale \"Mad_Murdock\" White" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 11:17:38 AM
> Subject: Caller Id - Is this correct ?
>

> According to Cingular, if I sign up for the family plan and have 4 different
> phones, the caller ID will only show my name, regardless of whose phone it
> is. Is that normal ? Seems like it would show the "users name" that's
> listed.
>
>
I have three phones on a family plan, and my experience is
the same as articulated. They were willing to change two of
the phones so they appear on caller ID as "WIRELESS CALLER,"
but they would not use the person's actual name -- either my
name of "WIRELESS CALLER," no other options.

--
RJW

Back on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:56:47 GMT, while hiding out in
alt.cellular.cingular,"Jeremy" <[email protected]> surprised everyone
by saying:

>
>"Dale "Mad_Murdock" White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:m6wYf.907682$xm3.322159@attbi_s21...
>> According to Cingular, if I sign up for the family plan and have 4
>> different phones, the caller ID will only show my name, regardless of
>> whose phone it is. Is that normal ? Seems like it would show the "users
>> name" that's listed.
>>
>
>No, that is incorrect.
>
>When I signed up for three lines of service, under my business name, all
>three of my Sprint phones ... [cut rest of dumb post]

Can you even read? This is a Cingular group. He's asking about
Cingular service. You are the one who is incorrect (and not able to
read very well, it seems). Why don't you go away already?

--
Marty public.forums at gmail.com
Sorry, I don't believe in taglines today

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
> >I don't even see that with Cingular in Dallas to my SBC landline -- just
> >"Wireless Call" and the cellular number.
>
> * Not all landline services support number and name -- some support only
> number.
>
> * Some landline services charge extra for the number and name, rather than
> just number.
>

Yes, it's two seperate features with SBC Dallas--Caller ID Number and
Caller ID Name (although it's bundled together in several packages) and
I have both. I get name and number for most everyone.

I just went back and looked at my current caller id list and plugged
some of them into fonefinder.net. No conclusions. Most, but not all,
local incoming "Southwestern Bell Wireless" calls are showing "Wireless
Call" but a *few* show the name. A couple of Nextel callers showed
"Wireless Caller"; two Verizon Wireless calls show as "Unknown Name",
and every "AT&T Wireless" caller had both name and number. Couldn't
find a Sprint caller.

> * You may be seeing a name on some incoming calls with number but without name
> because the name is programmed into your Caller ID device for that number.
>
No, my landline phones don't do that--even if they find the number and
use a custom ring they still show the original name. But the cell
phones all do that.
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA