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General Support => Installation and Set-Up (Devices) => Topic started by: GummyBear on March 22, 2011, 09:30:48 PM

Title: Caller ID, Names not showing up...
Post by: GummyBear on March 22, 2011, 09:30:48 PM
like the title says... only the numbers are showing up on my caller id and when i make outgoing calls, it doesnt state the name i assigned my number, only my number appears. any help with this would be appreciated.

btw im using GV.
Title: Re: Caller ID, Names not showing up...
Post by: MichiganTelephone on March 22, 2011, 11:17:28 PM
If you mean on incoming calls, it's because when calls go between phone companies, all they get is the numbers.  In order to get names they have to do a data dip on each call, and that costs money.  Google Voice won't pay, so you don't get the name.

If you mean on outgoing calls, I don't think Google Voice is set up to pass a name along to the phone companies serving those you are calling.  You could try registering with http://www.listyourself.net/ but I have no idea whether that would help.
Title: Re: Caller ID, Names not showing up...
Post by: JohnLennon on March 23, 2011, 05:20:34 AM
For incoming calls, I see in GTalk the caller ID being converted to the name of the caller associated with the calller ID (phone number) I have in my contacts. Since this is a functionality available in GTalk, shouldn't it be possible to do so with Obi110 also?
Title: Re: Caller ID, Names not showing up...
Post by: MichiganTelephone on March 23, 2011, 04:51:57 PM
I'd suggest this thread be moved to feature requests — sounds like a good idea if it can be done.