[asterisk-users] Open CallerID Database?

[Richard Lyman]

TP'n to follow flow

just like DNS, the 'root servers' would still see the high request hits, 
prior to passing off to local caching app.

and *someone* must have this expense/headache to maintain them.

Natambu Obleton wrote:
> Why not make it like DNS and have each provider have their lookups
> deligated to a local server and then each ISP will run a caching
> server that will use a serial number system to get updates.. just like
> DNS.
>
> I know there are lot more DNS lookups then CNAM lookups per hour...
> isn't there? :)
>
> On 2/20/07, Mike Lynchfield <theclubvoip at gmail.com> wrote:
>> With all other things said.. you might want a professional service 
>> for this
>> like  targusinfo.com
>>
>> Maintaining and running an operation like a cname web lookup thing is 
>> REALLY
>> high overhead in terms of web traffic etc
>>
>> What happens when you get 30 ITSP/clients pulling 1000 calls each or 
>> 100000
>> calls each per day..
>>
>> that can easily go up to 1 mill requests per day ,
>>
>> How will you pay for the bandwith/hardware/failover/load balance etc
>> hardware for all this ?
>>
>> or if you are going to charge then why reinvent the wheel.
>>
>> targusinfo.com is what we would use..
>>
>> Cname lookup is a really controversial matter , no one wants to 
>> absorb the
>> costs , that is why some TELCOS charge 4.95  for callerid ( its 
>> basically
>> the lookup service they are paying for) ..
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