Re: Outgoing Caller ID name on at&T cell phone?

In article <5ioqt39ea1h8cv59riidv08fd9jbkmom83@4ax.com>,
evan@theobvious.espphotography.com says...
> Can anyone confirm outgoing caller ID should show when I call from my
> AT&T phone in California to a landline with Caller ID?
>
> I recall it varied from state to state.
>
> I switched from Verizon to AT&T about a month ago, and my caller ID
> still showed "Cell Phone CA". I called AT&T, ,they transferred me to a
> tech who said the outgoing name was disabled in the system. He said
> he'd enable it and it should show in 3-5 days. That was about 2 weeks
> ago.
>
Can only speak of one area--AFAIK ATT (and Cingular) has never passed
anything but number in Texas--the name (if the landline recipient (ATT)
is paying extra for the CallerID+Name service) shows as "Wireless
Caller". "Enabling" name at the account level is a new one on me.
--
Jud
Dallas TX USA

On 2008-03-17, Jud Hardcastle <I5i5changethistodash5rbo@xemaps.com> wrote:
> In article <5ioqt39ea1h8cv59riidv08fd9jbkmom83@4ax.com>,
> evan@theobvious.espphotography.com says...
>> Can anyone confirm outgoing caller ID should show when I call from my
>> AT&T phone in California to a landline with Caller ID?
>>
>> I recall it varied from state to state.
>>
>> I switched from Verizon to AT&T about a month ago, and my caller ID
>> still showed "Cell Phone CA". I called AT&T, ,they transferred me to a
>> tech who said the outgoing name was disabled in the system. He said
>> he'd enable it and it should show in 3-5 days. That was about 2 weeks
>> ago.
>>
> Can only speak of one area--AFAIK ATT (and Cingular) has never passed
> anything but number in Texas--the name (if the landline recipient (ATT)
> is paying extra for the CallerID+Name service) shows as "Wireless
> Caller". "Enabling" name at the account level is a new one on me.

It seems to be different in California, then. My name shows up on
calls I make from my AT&T cell phone to landlines even though this
is not a service I asked for. The name also comes with calls from
Sprint cell phones, if I remember correctly, though calls from Verizon
cell phones come with some variant of "Wireless Caller".

Dennis Ferguson