[asterisk-biz] Caller*ID Name solution for Asterisk

[Paul]

Mike Benoit wrote:

>I'm curious, does anyone know what is required and what costs are
>involved to gain access to CNAM data for purposes of allowing others to
>do lookups?
>
>Once you have access to the data its trivial and extremely inexpensive
>to offer it to anyone who wishes. I'm somewhat surprised a group of
>people haven't come together to offer a "non-profit" service that does
>exactly this. I'm even more surprised that more Asterisk VOIP providers
>don't offer it to their customers, even for an additional fee. 
>
>Is it really that expensive or that much of hassle to do?
>
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If you are doing database dips for numbers that are not ringing on your
circuit, you can't expect to get by with a flat monthly rate that
includes CNAM.

One thing I'm curious about - how many database dips per minute can one
do if the circuit is only used for that purpose?