[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] very strange

[Ted Kochanski]

John, et al

There are at least two possible elements involved in the "Name" associated
with a phone number on a received call

Phone calls have associated with the call Metadata which is broadcast by
the call originator's phone
Phone systems transport the metadata to the receiving phone -- although the
phone system operators such as Verizon may offer the originator the ability
to block the data from being transmitted for a fee
the originator can use these two to Spoof where a call has originated from
--  -- that is why some Spam call seem to come from your own phone or a
phone in the neighborhood

 Most home phones and/or phone systems often used to provide local wireless
service with "landlines" have their own database of call data -- sometimes
this is what is sent  and received over the POTS network and sometimes this
is something entered into locally by the operator of the local phone system
-- such as "my friend sam's cell"

The source of your problem could be the network -- most likely it is the
phone receiving the data and associating the name

Hope that helps

Ted


On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 9:48 PM john rudy <jjrudy1 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I have a cell phone with the number 781-718-8334. When I have called my
> cousin’s home and Cynthia’s two home lines their phones say Karen Roberts
> with my correct phone number.  When I call their cell phones the name comes
> up correctly.
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> Any ideas?  I’m happy to do more experimenting, preferably where someone
> has both a cell and landline.
>
> I have no idea who Karen Roberts is or why that name should be associated
> with my cell phone.
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> When I call from my landline I have no problems.
>
> John
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> John Rudy
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> 781-861-0402
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> 781-718-8334 (cell)
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> John.rudy at alum.mit.edu
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> 13 Hawthorne Lane
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