[asterisk-users] Open CallerID Database?

[Paul]

At least the current system involves some qualification(CLEC status) and
some policing(regulators can revoke CLEC status). Why create a system
where setting your CNAM requires about as much validation as registering
a domain name? You need to consider that most of the free data from
sources like 411.com can't be legally used in such a database, even for
verification purposes. Read all the fine print before you get too excited.

I will agree that the traditional system is not flawless. For example,
the ILEC did not check my articles of incorporation to see if the
business name was valid. However, scammers who go so far as to rent
space and install business phone service are a lot easier to trace than
those who buy a SIP DID using a prepaid Visa gift card.

David Gomillion wrote:

> On 2/19/07, *Robert Norton - SophMedia LLC* <robert at sophmedia.com
> <mailto:robert at sophmedia.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hey Guys,
>     I'm curious if there's an interest in a free, CallerID database?
>     For those of you in the same spot we are, our current provider
>     only provides us with the CND, excluding CNAM.
>
> YES!
>  
>
>     Would creating a public database, managed by users be worthwhile
>     to anyone?
>
> I'm not sure the technical issues will be as easy to work out as one
> would hope. When creating such a system, care must be taken to keep
> the information accurate and up-to-date. And where would you get the
> information from in the first place?
>  
>
>     Thanks – Any input is greatly appreciated.
>
> What I would like to see is a distributed system that allows for
> updates to be rsync'd in, so that those of us who keep our servers off
> the Internet can move it through a QA process and then push the update
> through. Some type of a mirror system, where the packages can be
> updated from time to time (like daily).
>  
>
>      
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