[asterisk-users] Free CNAM
John Novack
jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org
Thu Jun 2 13:08:43 CDT 2011
I just checked several of my numbers and several others known to me, it
really isn't much better
2 of them returned names other than mine, and all had the wrong city,
though at least the state was correct.
All but one also had the wrong carrier.
I fear these databases are are so full of errors that they are mostly
worthless.
John Novack
Pascal Bruno wrote:
> If you can use curl, and can do some text parsing and know regular
> expressions, you may be able to use this free CNAM service:
> http://www.numberguru.com/ and integrate into your system. This one
> appears to have a more complete database. When I tried my number, I
> have gotten my full name, but when I use the FreeCNAM project below, I
> just get Florida.
>
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Michael R. Wally
> <michael.r.wally at gmail.com <mailto:michael.r.wally at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I've been toying around with the idea of starting some kind of
> 'Open CNAM' project to destroy the current money hustle BS that
> dominates this industry. The ever-growing FreeCNAM database may
> be a good starting point for such a project.
>
> I would also like to use Bitcoin (BTC) as the micropayment
> solution for user-requested updates. Some nominal fee.
>
> If anyone wants to get involved, contact me.
>
>
>
>
> On 06/01/2011 07:51 AM, Skyler wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The junk in CNAM databases like "FLORIDA", "ONTARIO" etc. is
> IMO the
> carrier's way to isolate their users and another excuse to
> charge more money
> for 'the better plan'. In the end, it's the carrier that
> inputs the info so
> if it shows "FLORIDA" with one database I can't see how any
> other database
> would be different as the carrier is the only one that
> controls the outbound
> CID info. Calling me from POTS to snatch the CID will result
> in the same.
>
> ...unless there were a user friendly CNAM service, where info
> could be
> updated by the end-user and queried freely by voip providers.
> I would update
> my cellular numbers for sure and know at least a dozen people
> that would do
> the same. Everyone is going VoIP so why not?
>
> Talking about 'where's the money or angle'... here is one,
> vanity. Charge
> $1/yr to a user per DID, if I don't renew then delete it and
> re-query the
> original carrier.
>
>
> S.
>
>
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