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SS7/Telephone Network Lookups
There is one piece of information that is only obtainable from the national telephone network itself. Only the phone
network is able to tell you if a phone number is active and connected with 5 minute accuracy levels. Directory Assistance
(DA/411) repositories are updated every 24 hours. Compiled/Whitepage based repositories are typically updated about every
month. But if you need to know that a phone number is active right now, you have to be able to ask the phone network itself.
This is done using what the telephone service industry calls the SS7 Network.
SS7 is a network of computer systems and databases the phone system uses itself to figure out how to connect any two
telephones anywhere in the global network. The data it uses to do this, including the status of every phone number, is
updated every 5 minutes. PacificEast provides a simple entry point into that network via two real-time products (accessible
via an XML transaction) that allow you to ask the phone network for status information without actually being connected to
the system itself. Those two products are QuickStatus and FullStatus. Both of these products start with telephone numbers you
already have and return status information about that number.
QuickStatus is ideal if the phone number you have already has a known name and address and you only want to know if
the number is currently active and connected. QuickStatus tells you the caller-id of the number, the status of the number
(i.e., Active or Inactive) and the type of phone service (i.e., Landline, Wireless, etc.).
FullStatus is ideal if you need to know more about the phone number than just its status. Full Status includes
everything returned by QuickStatus but also includes the name and address currently associated to that number assuming that
this information is public.
Both QuickStatus and FullStatus have the following in common:
- Requires telephone number input
- Accessible via an XML transaction or as an interactive web-page
- Is updated in real time for absolute currency
- Identification of false or bogus numbers
Contact your Account Executive for a demonstration today. We’re always ready to assist you at 1.800.665.8400 or
customerservice@pacificeast.com.
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