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Vonage Most phone companies do provide name because they have LEC status and have full
Most phone companies do provide name because they have LEC status and have full control of their numbers. Vonage is not a LEC. Vonage does not own any phone numbers. Vonage leases them and resells them to their customers.
LEC = Local Exchange Carrier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_exchange_carrier
Vonage has to use a CLEC in order to connect calls to the traditional phone service providers. The CLEC owns and maintains the numbers used by Vonage customers. There is a high cost that comes with the maintaining of a CNAM database. Vonage has multiple CLEC's that are used to be able to provide Vonage with phone numbers all over the country.
So in theory, Vonage is not a traditional phone company. It only provides the ability to route calls via IP which is how it can keep the costs down. But Vonage has to interconnect to PSTN using a carrier for outbound calls as well as for inbound calls.
When using Voip, many providers do not offer name on caller ID but some do. There will be limitations as well as advantages. A limitation with Vonage is no name on outbound calls.
But at the same time, call Verizon if you live in NY and tell them to assign you a phone number in California so your friends and relatives that live in LA can call you as if you lived next door. Guess what? Not possible because a traditional phone company is limited to provide you with a working phone number from your LOCAL area only. Vonage does not have this type of restriction. You can live anywhere in the US and get a number from anywhere else in the US Vonage has a foot print in. You can even get virtual numbers from other countries.
So there is a trade off on what you can and cannot do.
On a side note, Verizon wireless does not populate their database with customer names. That is why when calling from a Verizon cell phone, the name will most likely read Wireless Caller. That is what they populate all their phones number's names with in the CNAM database.
Read The Full Thread: Caller ID Info
• Hi all,
I am a new client and when making my first call to a friend I was told that
• Since Vonage opened in 2001, there has been no support for Outbound name on Caller
• Thanks for your reply. But what do you mean by "What is acceptable?" Acceptable
• Vonage does not supply name on outbound calls at all. Callling to Vonage will not
• Thank you for the detailed explanation. Now I understand what you are referring
VonTechMgr posted "Most phone companies do provide name because they have LEC status and have full" on 01/08/2009 |
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