Re: Why ask Why.....

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:09:43 GMT, Raymond Arritt
<raymondarritt@xxxxxxxxxxx> chose to add this to the great equation of
life, the universe, and everything:

>J wrote:
>
>>> Yes I know that, but he didn't mention not getting a number, just not
>>> getting a name. Some people think that caller ID on cellphones works like
>>> it does on landlines, but of course it doesn't.
>
>Why "of course"? Just curious... I never realized it was a different
>technology.

It's not a different technology. Going back to the originating carrier for
the name costs the receiving carrier extra money and VZW is too cheap to
pay it.

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