Mr experience with Voicepulse has been that it automatically forwards caller name along with the caller id num you specify. Atleast that has been whats been happening with me.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. Rich Murphey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:01 PM Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Reverse number lookup > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
