OT Cell phone caller ID

 

First, I would be posting this in a cell phone group if I could find
an active one.  Anyone know of one?

My teenaged niece talked another relative into putting her on their
cell phone plan.......Guess how that turned out?  

Well anyway, after over 300 bucks for ring tones almost everything
else the cell phone companies have been able to charger for, I ended
up with a cell phone and a 11$ per month bill.

The problem is that when I call someone their caller ID displays
"Steve and Kathy"  My name isn't even close to those.  I asked Kathy
if she could change what the caller ID says and she said she couldn't.
I would think with so many people added to a package they would fix
that problem.  I get the feeling she just doesn't want to mess with
it.

It is a Sprint phone and the provider is Verizon.

 

wrote:


The last I knew, most cell phone companies did not provide name
information with their caller id data.  The "Steve and Kathy" is
coming from the called phone's address book.  If you call someone you
never called before, they will only see the number.  

 

greenpjs@neo.rr.com wrote:

That's not how my family's phones work.  I have a phone issued by my
employer and my wife and two kids are all on a plan that my wife set up at
Sprint.  Even though the numbers are different and I have each set up in my
phone's contact-list, the caller-ID for all three comes up with my wife's
name.  Apparently it is whoever is on the account.  She asked the question
and was told they could not do anything about that.

That's not to say that some phones don't have a feature that works as you
describe.  It seems an easy enough thing to program.  I just know that my
phone doesn't work that way.

 

greenpjs@neo.rr.com wrote:

-snip-

The key word in your sentence is *most*.   My sister's cell phone
gives her number. [and she doesn't know why]    OTOH- my mom's
landline appears as 'private'- though they have a listed number and a
basic plan.

I have 3 sources for caller ID.  an InfoGlobe, a handset, and 'on the
TV'.     The handset has a phonebook- the InfoGlobe and TV rely only
on what the caller's system provides.    If there is a name they all
agree, though the character limit is different on all 3.  But for
'unlisted', 'unknown', 'private', 'New York', or blank IDs, I'll get 3
different results sometimes.

Caller ID is magic.

Jim  

 

In the front of my phone book, there is instructions for
call ID blocking "dial star number number, and the phone co
will stop sending your number with calls. Dial star number
number, and that will remove privacy."

Please read the first couple pages of your white pages, it
should be explained how to activate or remove the privacy.

--
Christopher A. Young
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My sister's cell phone
gives her number. [and she doesn't know why]    OTOH- my
mom's
landline appears as 'private'- though they have a listed
number and a
basic plan.