On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:58:45PM +0530, Raj Mathur (राज माथुर) wrote: > On Friday 23 Mar 2012, Markus wrote: > > I hope this is not too off-topic. As a kind-of follow up to "rate > > sheet normalization" I'm still trying to figure out a solution for: > > throw 10 ratesheets at a program and get the cheapest > > codes/providers as output. > > > > For this purpose I believe I need a real, detailed, accurate list of > > all the dialing codes, incl. mobile codes, city codes etc. worldwide > > as a reference for that particular program. There are thousands of > > A-Z lists on the web, and there are thousands of codes in them, but > > nothing is accurate enough or from an official source. > > > > So, I spoke with the ITU today and they, funny enough, too don't have > > such a list. At least they don't have one that is computer parseable, > > like a .csv or .xls or something like that. What they have is: a > > single .doc or .pdf file for EACH country (1 file per country), > > which is not standardized in its content, with lots of text and > > descriptions, but it has all the codes. They don't even have such a > > list as a paid service. Feels like 30 years ago. :) Anyway, there > > is numberingplans.com which provide exactly what I'm looking for, > > but they don't support one-time purchases, only subscriptions from > > around 100 to 990 EUR per month, which is above my budget (and I > > don't need a subscription). > > > > Does anyone have an idea where to find such a list for free, or as a > > one-time purchase? If not, I'll probably go through the effort to > > compile my own list based on the ITU data. Let me know in case you > > want a copy then. :) > > Would it help if we start a Wiki for normalised numbering plans for each > country, and let people fill in data as and when they please? Using the > appropriate licence would ensure that no one can pull the data and use > it in a proprietary list -- a GPL-like licence for the data would ensure > that any enhancements to the list also have to be distributed under the > same conditions as the original. > > This way the people most benefiting from the list would probably end up > doing the most amount of work, which is fair. I'd be glad to fill in > India (if I can figure out that bureaucratic legalese in which the data > is written).
IANAL, but I'm not sure if such raw data is copyrightable. See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openstreetmap#Licensing . There has been some criticism (not sure how founded) on their now ODbL that it allows hijacking the database. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:[email protected] +972-50-7952406 mailto:[email protected] http://www.xorcom.com iax:[email protected]/tzafrir -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
