[asterisk-biz] Wireless lookup service

[Miles Scruggs]

If your time has any value at all, then Mblox will be your least  
expensive route (or another Neustar proxy).

On Jul 31, 2008, at 7:31 AM, Al Lougher wrote:

> I couldn't find any information on Neustar's site regarding  
> accessing their DB, and I certainly don't want to pay someone like  
> Mblox 3-5cents per lookup. And I'm guessing accessing Neustar's DB  
> is not going to be cheap anyway, does anyone know their costs?
>
> Thanks
> Alan
>
>
> --- On Thu, 7/31/08, Miles Scruggs <asterisk at wideideas.com> wrote:
> From: Miles Scruggs <asterisk at wideideas.com>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Wireless lookup service
> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com 
> >
> Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 6:57 AM
>
> You can port both ways, landline to wireless, and wireless to  
> landline.  So original blocks are now meaningless you have to do  
> near realtime lookups against the Neustar DB.
>
> Cheers
>
> Miles
>
> On Jul 31, 2008, at 6:49 AM, Al Lougher wrote:
>
>> You are correct, I missed that. For some reason I thought  
>> portability only applied to wireless numbers, I didn't realize you  
>> could port from land line to wireless. Can that happen with all  
>> major US carriers or say just AT&T?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 7/31/08, Kevin P. Fleming <kpfleming at digium.com> wrote:
>> From: Kevin P. Fleming <kpfleming at digium.com>
>> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Wireless lookup service
>> To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com 
>> >
>> Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 6:13 AM
>>
>> Al Lougher wrote:
>> > Thanks for the info. For some reason I thought Paul had shut his
>> > business down sometime ago otherwise that would
>>  have been my first stop.
>> > I do know he had the data previously because I bought some data  
>> over a
>> > year ago. I seem to remember the carrier information was not 100%
>> > accurate, however determining the
>>  carrier is not a priority, as long as
>> > it tells me it's wireless that's all that matters. It is my
>> > understanding carriers purchase blocks of numbers so really even if
>> > NPANXX lookup gives me the answer then that's all I need.
>>
>> You missed the entire point of the previous messages in this  
>> thread; now
>> that the US has number portability, 'number blocks' are a thing of  
>> the
>> past. I have many friends who have ported previously-wireline numbers
>> onto wireless services, but if you go by the 'number blocks' those
>> numbers will appear to be wireline.
>>
>> Depending on how accurate your 'wireless or wireline' query needs  
>> to be
>> (and the potential ramifications of it being wrong, say, if you
>>  are
>> telemarketing) this could make a big difference.
>>
>> -- 
>> Kevin P. Fleming
>> Director of Software Technologies
>> Digium, Inc. - "The Genuine Asterisk Experience"
>>  (TM)
>>
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