See! I am sure you are right, but as a Claro customer that was in Lima two weeks ago I have completely lost the thread.

The root of my confusion is thus. Some sort of change was effected last year, however since then my Claro phone has continued to send out the wrong calling line identity.

Say for example I send you a text message to Spain, you cannot reply to it because the number is wrong, likewise you cannot use the sent number to call me. Suppose I text you frequently, you would need to have both numbers in your address book "Johnny in" and "Johnny out" each reply you would have to close down the text message and start a new message sent to Johnny out. It is completely incompetent nonsense.

Same with Entel Chile!

I have not spoken to Mrs Johnny by telephone for over a year unless she is calling me from the other side of customs at LIM. Neither of us can work out how to call her from Colombia.