[Asterisk-Users] Reverse number lookup

[Dr. Rich Murphey]

Yes, sorry, I meant inbound calls received *from* VoicePulse.

Calls I receive from VoicePulse connect via IAX2
contain only caller number, no name, and it would
be very helpful to have the name as well.

Cheers,
Rich

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Juan Cardenas
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 7:41 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Reverse number lookup
> 
> 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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