[freeside] POP Locater

[ivan]

On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 05:00:15PM -0500, Stephen Amadei wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Tim Jung wrote:
> 
> > Anyone know of a script or program for Linux that lets the customer put in a
> > phone number and it tells them what the closest POP dial-up number is? I
> > know you would have to input the prefixes and POP numbers but something
> > automated for the customers to use would be great.
> 
> I guess it depends on how local your calling area is.  We offer outsourced
> nationwide dialup, so our script (which is kinda yucky) first uses a huge
> internal PERL if structure to do our local area.  Since our first
> outsourced dialup provider's lookup was screwed, we enlarged it to
> encompass all of NJ.  If the number is still not found, it raids the web
> page of our first outsource provider.  If it is still not found, I use a
> second nasty local database I raided from WebTV, since our second
> outsourced dialup company doesn't use a lookup.
> 
> I have been trying to put together a local calling area database for
> years, which my next script will use.  So far, have NJ, DE and RI done.  I
> also have access to NH, ME and all of Canada, but I need to write a
> converter.  
> 
> I could send you my first script, which if you cut most of the extra stuff
> out of would give you a rudimentary system.  But the code is pretty raw.
> 
> Also, send me your LCA info for your area, and I will add it to my master
> database, and give you read access to the current system.

Would you consider making this data available under an open-source or
open-content license?

-- 
meow
_ivan