Has anyone approached VoicePulse Connect about forwarding Caller Name? Given the interest, it could be an effective way to differentiate service among competitors.
Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Bill Merriam > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 4:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Reverse number lookup > > Voicepulse Connect provides callerid number, but not name. > If the caller isn't already in my database I would like to do > a reverse number lookup on the net to get a name. There are > several web sites that allow you to do exactly that, for > free. To do that from * would require that I write scripts > to run the web query and get the name off the results > page. Some of the sites I looked at have terms of service > that don't > allow you to use scripts. Presumably they want you to read > the ads on their web page while you are doing your query. > > Google provides reverse number lookup on their web site, and > they have an XML/SOAP API you can use to do web searches but > the API won't do phone number lookups. > > Some commercial services provide XML/SOAP reverse number > lookups. They don't quote prices (if you have to ask, you > can't afford it) but expect volumes of 5000 or more lookups > per month. My volume would be more like 5. > > My local PSTN callerid gives you the city name of the caller > if they don't know their name. It is a nice feature. I > could figure out the call center, which is more or less the > city, from data available from the North American Numbering > Plan folks. > > Does anybody know of a good reverse number lookup solution > for Asterisk? Perhaps I should offer to pay VP Connect > $1/month more if they give me the name and save me a lot of trouble. > > Bill > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
