(in the case of the US, I believe Verisign has the contract)
Well Verisign offers that service but the CNAM database isn't theirs, it's the responsibility of and owned by the incumbent in question. Companies like Verisign, Syniverse and SNET just subscribe to them all and so most the companies that don't have the resources to deal with all the US incumbents use them for the cheaper federated service as there is a per lookup charge to the ORIGINATOR by the incumbant that owns the record. It's the exact opposite of doing a lookup for routing to an exchange. In Canada it's not your Providers responsibility, its yours and thus there is no charge to the originator (although if you want you can still subscribe to that service) --- Shidan
