Cell Phones and Caller ID

Factual Questions
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My cell phone has a caller ID service included, free of charge. I noticed, however, that it doesn’t work quite the same as my home caller ID. My home caller ID will display both the number (as 123-456-7890) as well as the name of the person the phone number is registered to (ie: SMITH, BOB). My cellphone, however, displays only the number calling (ie 123-456-7890), and unless I’ve programmed a corresponding name into my phone book, no name information.

I’ve noticed this on at least 3 other cell phone service providers through my friends’ phones. Is there a reason why cell phone companies don’t include name information with caller ID?

Thanks :slight_smile:

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You don’t have caller ID at home, you have Caller ID with name. Cellphones only offer the caller ID (no name) option.

As for the reason - I suspect they will offer the name option at a additional charge. Perhaps when cellphones started offering caller ID their display was single lines and/or union jack displays (sort of a combination of a boxie ‘0’ a + and an X together) that made displaying the name not practical.

But then again maybe not perhaps the caller ID with name came after the multi-line led cellphone displays. but perhaps a start.