6/25 My name just popped up on someone's caller id. I don't know
how that infomation was sent across, I thought the number would
be the only thing sent. It's a cell phone and shouldn't be listed,
any idea how that happened? --jwm
\_ they have been sending names via callerid pretty much from the
start. this includes cell phones. -shac
\_ Is there a way to prevent it? To just send the number?
\_ From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID apparently
the phone co. does a db-lookup based on your phone number,
so it would have to be a phone co. feature to send only the
phone number to a caller ID device.
\_ This doesn't sound right to me. The cell providers
don't share the databases so it's the cell company
you should speak to about your outgoing cid setting.
\_ Were you calling the person's cell phone? If so, is your name
and cell phone number in their cell phone address book?
\_ No, I called a land line.
\_ A lot of phones have this as a configurable feature. Look at the
options menu for something to do with sending your information.
This may be an all-or-nothing, i.e., you may be able to send your
name and number or no ID at all.
\_ cingular/att recently sent me letter asking if I wanted to opt-out
of showing my name on caller-ID |