However there are some companies that feel that their customer data is confidential, and refuse to reveal it. (Also if they use rwhois fixing swip won't solve the problem completely.)

If you want to give your lawyer a heart attack, ask her if the data is covered under Title 47 Section 222 Privacy of Customer Information. Have you noticed the companies that are most likely to refuse to register their customer data, are also the the ones most likely to have a large direct sales organizations which uses such customer network information for its own marketing efforts. -- Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO Affiliation given for identification not representation