asterisk users - Dec 2004 - RFI: Creating a database of DID providers

Cross posted from asterisk-biz:
> > Is anyone willing to host/manage a website that people
> > can simply browse that lists all current DID providers
> > and their coverage areas?
> It's a good idea and probably not too hard to implement,
> it's just a case of deciding how far you want to go.. are
> areacodes good enough? or do you need to go to NPA-NXX
> level and start talking about rate centers etc?
Ok.. I'm going to have a stab at this.. I'd like to have some kind of
search mechanism similar to that at www.voipreview.org where you can select
country and area (by state/city? or would people prefer by areacode?) then
generate a list of all providers than can supply DIDs in that area,
together with setup/rental charges, per minute charges, etc.

Before I go reinvent the wheel totally from scratch, is there anyone out
there that has data in electronic form that they use already for this sort
of thing? I'm looking for country code listings, area code listings,
NPA-NXX to city name listings etc.

Replies to the list, or forward data files to web-dids at ivrl.com

Cheers
Paul

What type of information would you be looking for from the DID providers? 
I know the company that I am with works with one DID provider, but might 
be interested in expanding beyond that. I would also recommend/request 
that the database have info in it letting people know about the outbound 
call providers. I am not sure if that is a common idea to have an * server 
running outbound calling lines to many different phone markets, let alone 
4+ area codes, but it is something I am involved with.

Dan

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Paul Crick wrote:
> atus: RO
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>
> Cross posted from asterisk-biz:
>
>>> Is anyone willing to host/manage a website that people
>>> can simply browse that lists all current DID providers
>>> and their coverage areas?
>> It's a good idea and probably not too hard to implement,
>> it's just a case of deciding how far you want to go.. are
>> areacodes good enough? or do you need to go to NPA-NXX
>> level and start talking about rate centers etc?
>
> Ok.. I'm going to have a stab at this.. I'd like to have some kind
of
> search mechanism similar to that at www.voipreview.org where you can select
> country and area (by state/city? or would people prefer by areacode?) then
> generate a list of all providers than can supply DIDs in that area,
> together with setup/rental charges, per minute charges, etc.
>
> Before I go reinvent the wheel totally from scratch, is there anyone out
> there that has data in electronic form that they use already for this sort
> of thing? I'm looking for country code listings, area code listings,
> NPA-NXX to city name listings etc.
>
> Replies to the list, or forward data files to web-dids at ivrl.com
>
> Cheers
> Paul
>
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