From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 19:23:30 +0800
To: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Subject: Re: "address verification databases"?
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At 10:57 PM 7/17/96 -0700, Tim May wrote:
>At 9:45 PM 7/17/96, Jeff Weinstein wrote:
>
>>  Because we have not yet been able to obtain the address verification
>>databases that we need for Canada.  There is someone working on
>>tracking this down right now.  When we get the proper database we
>>will add access to canada.
>>
>>        --Jeff
>
>Jeff, can you tell us anything more about what these "address verification
>databases" are?
>
>For example, are they derived from government sources? Census data? (Naw,
>can't be, for at least two obvious reasons). Voting records? (Naw.) Credit
>card purchases? (??)

I followed the links and explored the web site of the "address verification"
provider ( http://www.abii.com ). The data they have about me is outdated
(by at least a year) and apparently derived from a phone book or directory
assistance. 

I picked up a copy of "The Net" magazine at the store tonight because it's
got an article listing several of these Web-accessible address/phone
databases. The article doesn't say anything especially fascinating but it
does list three such sites:

http://www.abii.com/lookupusa/adp/peopsrch.htm
http://www.searchamerica.com/
http://www.switchboard.com/

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                            |Studdard." People v. Quinn 580 NYS2d 818,825.