[Asterisk-Users] National (US) callerid name resolution for yourasterisk box

[Steve Frank]

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> brett-asterisk at worldcall.net
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 2:53 PM
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> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] National (US) callerid name 
> resolution for yourasterisk box
> 
> Hi All,
> I've been in contact with a CNAM (caller name) directory provider. 
> Currently they offer 2 products. One is CNAM via SS7 and the 
> other is Directory Assistance data via http/xml. I am very 
> interested in getting the CNAM data via http/xml (or DNS 
> TXT). I suggested this to the sales rep and he told me that 
> I'm the second person in less than a month who has asked for this.
> 
> What I'd like to know is, is anyone else interested in this? 
> The sales rep I spoke to said that he doesn't have enough 
> interest in the product yet to develop the interface (that is 
> a CNAM interface accessable via IP). However, I think that 
> the community would probably be pretty interested in this. 
> You can even add entries to the DB I believe.
> 
> So, is anyone else interested in this? The company is LSSI 
> http://www.lssi.net/
> 
> BTW, I have nothing to do with that company. So perhaps you 
> might have a better solution for me? :) -Brett
> 

The http/xml stuff sounds interesting for CNAM data, provided it's
reasonably priced.  How do they price it now via SS7? (SS7 I have zero
experience with).

Steve