[asterisk-users] Open CallerID Database?

[Paul]

Does google really have the true CNAM database? When I enter my number,
I get a search result for my business listing at yellowpages.com

Are you referring to something available in a google area other than the
search engine?

Brad Templeton wrote:

>On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 03:01:50PM -0500, Paul wrote:
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>>I think terms of service for most CNAM providers prohibits sharing the
>>data and limits the amount of time it can be cached for your own reuse.
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>I don't know why they manage to get this level of control over the cnam database
>so that they can charge a penny per lookup as well as monthly fees.  Does
>anybody know how this happens?
>
>Clearly some people buy the database at a good price.  Google for example
>has it, and there are asterisk hacks to do google lookup (if you query a
>10 digit phone number in google, you'll get not just name but address etc.)
>
>Perhaps they are just paying.
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>One way to build a free database would be to simply have people share the
>results of all sorts of searches.   People who pay for CNAM as end users,
>for example, have signed no contract to not share the data.  So they could,
>if trusted, forward those records to be stored in the shared database.
>People who don't could take any number they get, and if it's not in the
>shared database already, do a google query, and if that gives a result, store
>that in the shared database.  (Also store negative results with a timestamp
>so that you know that the google lookup provides no info.)
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>http://www.google.com/search?q=nnnnnnnnnn&pb=r
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>Eventually you would get a pretty good database, perhaps one big enough
>that CLECs start wanting to update it directly?
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>Now there may still need to be something to pay for all of this, but
>the fees could be much lower.   Charge fees for the latest copy or real
>time query but just have the regular database out there for download
>and local lookup.
>
>Or perhaps just use the google api?
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