slow mo
join:2002-03-19
USA | [General] Real # and # on CID?
Why are they different?
I got a phone call from 902-425-xxxx on CID and I don't know anyone there. Out of curiosity I checked my Lingo log and the # was actually 800-214-xxxx. So what just happened? |
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voiplover
Premium
join:2004-05-28
Portsmouth, NH | I can't even find the X on my key pad. 
Sorry, I'm no help. |
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cyndilouwhoo
join:2005-12-28
Hingham, MA
| said by voiplover  :I can't even find the X on my key pad. It's right there next to the "any" key. 
Cindy
Who is no help either but can't resist keeping the lame jokes coming... |
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lmjh7065
Premium
join:2001-04-04
Cincinnati, OH
 ·QuantumVoice
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Before VoIP Toll-Free service, for every 800 number there was a corresponding non-800 area code and phone number (direct dial number), where the call would be routed on the PSTN. As far as I know you could not make outgoing calls on this line. But now with the advent of VoIP you can call in either direction on an 800 VoIP "line".
I really don't know what happened in your case, but my VoIP 800 number is also associated with a Mayville/Saginaw, MI direct dial number for International Calls or areas where my 800# will not work (e.g. pay phones). When this number is dialed my 800 line rings the same as if it were dialed.
But, I suspect that this is really not the number, since when I dial the MCI number (800-444-4444) from my 800 line it reads back a totally different Ann Arbor, MI number. When I dial this Ann Arbor number I get what sounds like a modem, but my 800 number does not ring.
Sometimes when there is a problem, my 800 number will show on CID a totally different 800 number that actually is in service.
I'm sure someone else on this forum can give a more technical explanation. I believe it would involve the difference between ANI and CID.
Now where did that "any" key go on my keyboard - I know I've used it before. |
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