Problems
Caller identification between countries is often not transmitted, instead with the display indicating "UNAVAILABLE" or "INTERNATIONAL", but it is becoming more widely available including the country calling code. This is usually the case with mobile phones and international roaming. However, the overseas number may be compressed into a "domestic" format and thus possibly not be recognizable: e.g. a US number 1 646 555 1212 may be displayed in the UK as 0646 555 1212, instead of 001 646 555 1212 (or as +1 646 555 1212, where the "+" represents the access code to dial international numbers).
Some callers have situations in which revealing the number being called from would invade their privacy or cause other severe problems. Calls from women's shelters often have outgoing caller ID blocked.
Caller ID may not give the caller's information if the caller is using a discount or travel calling program or a voice over IP phone, because those systems use intermediate telephone numbers in the country being called.
Some long distance telephone cards, especially those using VOIP to carry calls, mask caller ID information. These calls are commonly displayed as "Out of Area".
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