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"Oldie" <realoldie@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:realoldie-6DD535.13520801032008@news.motzarella.org

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: : I seem to recall that when I had an IPKall DID there
: : was some issue about it not forwarding calls if they
: : didn't present caller id. Has that problem been
: : overcome?

No idea. I get all the calls from the people I want to get calls from.
Although their numbers show up in a format which is useless for returning
the call as it strips the international prefix. For example when I get a
call from my friend in Phoenix, her number comes up as 480xxxxxxx without
001 at the start so I can't use the CLID to return the call.


Ivor

Ivor Jones explained on 01/03/2008 :[color=blue]
> "Oldie" <realoldie@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:realoldie-6DD535.13520801032008@news.motzarella.org
>
> [snip]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> I seem to recall that when I had an IPKall DID there
>>> was some issue about it not forwarding calls if they
>>> didn't present caller id. Has that problem been
>>> overcome?[/color][/color]
>
> No idea. I get all the calls from the people I want to get calls from.
> Although their numbers show up in a format which is useless for returning the
> call as it strips the international prefix. For example when I get a call
> from my friend in Phoenix, her number comes up as 480xxxxxxx without 001 at
> the start so I can't use the CLID to return the call.
>[/color]

Can't the Fritz!Box be told to prepend 001 to the number before
displaying it on the phone?....or couldn't you set a dialplan that
would allow you to dial 480xxxxxxx as is?

"Jono" <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
news:mn.0c2c7d8368a8c389.77298@blueyonder.invalid...
[color=blue]
> Can't the Fritz!Box be told to prepend 001 to the number before displaying
> it on the phone?....or couldn't you set a dialplan that would allow you to
> dial 480xxxxxxx as is?
>[/color]

One of the reasons I use Voxalot. Fritz!Box dialplans are actually much
more user-friendly than, say, the Sipura, but you lose some configurability
as a result (e.g. modifying dialstring)

You can specify your international and national codes and prefixes in the
Fritz!Box which is a good way of mimicking a POTS line, but it does have
it's downside, as you then can't dial short-codes. without it adding at
least a national dialing code on the front.

Oldie <realoldie@googlemail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>
> I seem to recall that when I had an IPKall DID there was some issue
> about it not forwarding calls if they didn't present caller id. Has that
> problem been overcome?[/color]

Yes, it does. I have an IPKall number and unfortunately some sort of
machine/modem is misconfigured to dial my number twice a day; number is
unknown.

I've temporarily had to set up my Fritzbox to drop incoming calls
without caller id.