[Asterisk-Users] Is there a way to get inserted into an LEC's CLI DB?

[Robert Goodyear]

>
>> Robert Goodyear wrote:
>>> Does anyone know if there's a service out there to -- for a fee -- 
>>> inject our DID into the LEC's CLI database so a called party gets 
>>> our associated name?
>>
>> No, only if the LEC servicing the number offers it to you. It is the 
>> responsibility of the operator running the switch that the number 
>> routes to via SS7 to manage the LIDB, CNAM, ALI and other database 
>> entries related to that number.
>
> I wonder if that's an exploitable space given the oncoming avalanche 
> of VoIP adopters... some sort of gateway subscription service to 
> provide a batch feed to all the individual LECs for a fee.
>

Clarification: I meant a fee to the user; and as revenue for the LEC 
and the middleman.

> I'd certainly pay x dollars a month per DID to have a name better than 
> "Los Angeles Call" identifying my business to the called party, 
> especially since I'm more than an hour south of LA and *not* being in 
> LA is a specific business differentiator for us.