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I'm not sure there *IS* an acceptable technical fix
Maybe I'm mis-understanding the problem, but it seems to me that the problem has risen to a "commercial" level because, with the advent of VoIP, the Telcos are now faced with a difficult choice. They can either:

1) Apply a sort of "Unknown -- VoIP" CallerID message to all calls that originate from VoIP, or

2) Simply trust the CallerID info supplied along with the VoIP call.

("Caller claims to be from 202-456-1111 but may be lying" is probably too long for a CallerID string. happy )

The first solution will make CallerID increasingly less valuable as more calls originate from VoIP and the second will make CallerID increasingly less valuable as amoral VoIP users lie about the CallerID information.

It seems as if the Telcos are screwed either way. At least in the old days where it was just a PABX problem, they could help their customers correct legitimate CallerID mistakes and terminate the service of folks who provided deliberately-fraudulent CallerID info. Now, they really won't be able to "disconnect" the fraudulent users.
Posted by: Atlant   Posted on: 08/31/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Horse Hockey! There is NO good reason to lie!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/04
Place responsibility where it belongs!  George Mitchell | 08/30/04
If that is where the problem lays..  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/30/04
Potentially dangerous!!  drichards1953 | 08/30/04
The genie is already out of the bottle  vferrara | 08/31/04
Not a big surprise ...  George Mitchell | 08/30/04
caller id is a paid service  V Sanders | 08/30/04
Great...  KOS-MOS | 08/30/04
now if the government doesn't make this illeagal something is wrong  V Sanders | 08/30/04
How about if the VENDOR doesn't FIX it?  George Mitchell | 08/30/04
I'm not sure there *IS* an acceptable technical fix  Atlant | 08/31/04
And you may indeed be correct ...  George Mitchell | 08/31/04
I got a call from "Microsoft" a while back  cactuswren | 08/30/04
Seriously doubt MS cares about you...  John Zern | 08/31/04
Da*n Straight!!  Jigamafloo | 08/30/04
PABX's have been able to do this forever.  Atlant | 08/31/04
You are correct, but ...  George Mitchell | 08/31/04
Stalkers Rejoice!!!  itanalyst | 08/31/04
Green Light  Roger Ramjet | 09/01/04
"I'm a rep from your credit card company ...  toomuchgreeatea@... | 09/02/04

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