[Asterisk-Users] Reverse number lookup

[Juan Cardenas]

Mr experience with Voicepulse has been that it automatically forwards caller
name along with the caller id num you specify.
Atleast that has been whats been happening with me.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Rich Murphey" <rich at WhiteOakLabs.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:01 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Reverse number lookup


> Has anyone approached VoicePulse Connect about forwarding Caller Name?
>
> Given the interest, it could be an effective way to differentiate service
> among competitors.
>
> Rich
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of
> > Bill Merriam
> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 4:52 PM
> > To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Reverse number lookup
> >
> > Voicepulse Connect provides callerid number, but not name.
> > If the caller isn't already in my database I would like to do
> > a reverse number lookup on the net to get a name.  There are
> > several web sites that allow you to do exactly that, for
> > free.  To do that from * would require that I write scripts
> > to run the web query and get the name off the results
> > page.   Some of the sites I looked at have terms of service
> > that don't
> > allow you to use scripts.  Presumably they want you to read
> > the ads on their web page while you are doing your query.
> >
> > Google provides reverse number lookup on their web site, and
> > they have an XML/SOAP API you can use to do web searches but
> > the API won't do phone number lookups.
> >
> > Some commercial services provide XML/SOAP reverse number
> > lookups.  They don't quote prices (if you have to ask, you
> > can't afford it) but expect volumes of 5000 or more lookups
> > per month.  My volume would be more like 5.
> >
> > My local PSTN callerid gives you the city name of the caller
> > if they don't know their name.  It is a nice feature.  I
> > could figure out the call center, which is more or less the
> > city, from data available from the North American Numbering
> > Plan folks.
> >
> > Does anybody know of a good reverse number lookup solution
> > for Asterisk?  Perhaps I should offer to pay VP Connect
> > $1/month more if they give me the name and save me a lot of trouble.
> >
> > Bill
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