<div dir="ltr">John, et al<div><br></div><div>There are at least two possible elements involved in the "Name" associated with a phone number on a received call</div><div><br></div><div>Phone calls have associated with the call Metadata which is broadcast by the call originator's phone</div><div>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</div><div>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</div><div><br></div><div> 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"</div><div><br></div><div>The source of your problem could be the network -- most likely it is the phone receiving the data and associating the name</div><div><br></div><div>Hope that helps</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 9:48 PM john rudy <<a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg8147428104566380903"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="gmail-m_8147428104566380903WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Any ideas? I’m happy to do more experimenting, preferably where someone has both a cell and landline. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I have no idea who Karen Roberts is or why that name should be associated with my cell phone.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">When I call from my landline I have no problems.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">John<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">John Rudy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">781-861-0402<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">781-718-8334 (cell)<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:John.rudy@alum.mit.edu" target="_blank">John.rudy@alum.mit.edu</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">13 Hawthorne Lane<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bedford, MA 01730-1047<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="99" height="94" style="width: 1.0312in; height: 0.9791in;" id="gmail-m_8147428104566380903Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:182d018c04c4cff311"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>===============================================<br>
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