Reverse number lookup

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"M. D. Borca" <marius@deuteronomy.us> wrote in message news:h01ns0tq2pfvg405ap28i4bnkuo4aekpg2@4ax.com...
> I'd like to know if anybody knows of any free online reverse
> cellphone # lookup sites which will tell you the company who
> owns the phone number.
>
> Given that number portability is now widely used, I understand
> it may not be too reliable.
>
This should give you the name of the telco who has the number:
http://www.fonefinder.net/index.php
You can't get the subscriber name for a cellphone number (yet).

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Interesting. It shows my 919 607 number as owned by GTE mobile net and when I click on that link it goes to Verizon web page. Bu my
carrier is Cingular.

"L David Matheny" <ldmnews1@netassoc.net> wrote in message news:332623F3rmqmbU1@individual.net...
> "M. D. Borca" <marius@deuteronomy.us> wrote in message news:h01ns0tq2pfvg405ap28i4bnkuo4aekpg2@4ax.com...
>> I'd like to know if anybody knows of any free online reverse
>> cellphone # lookup sites which will tell you the company who
>> owns the phone number.
>>
>> Given that number portability is now widely used, I understand
>> it may not be too reliable.
>>
> This should give you the name of the telco who has the number:
> http://www.fonefinder.net/index.php
> You can't get the subscriber name for a cellphone number (yet).
>
>

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N Hamilton wrote:

> Interesting. It shows my 919 607 number as owned by GTE mobile net and when I click on that link it goes to Verizon web page. Bu my
> carrier is Cingular.
>


Not all numbers in the 919-607-xxxx range are owned by GTE, some are
owned by other carriers, including Cingular. You'll need to provide at
least one more digit 1xxx or 2xxx, etc to get the precision you're
expecting.


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That database is out of date. Try
http://www.attwireless.com/lnp/check_eligibility.jhtml

steve

In article <f7Tyd.870$NH2.71461@twister.southeast.rr.com>, N Hamilton
<no_spamham@no_spamnc.rr.com> wrote:

> Interesting. It shows my 919 607 number as owned by GTE mobile net and when I
> click on that link it goes to Verizon web page. Bu my
> carrier is Cingular.
>
> "L David Matheny" <ldmnews1@netassoc.net> wrote in message
> news:332623F3rmqmbU1@individual.net...
> > "M. D. Borca" <marius@deuteronomy.us> wrote in message
> > news:h01ns0tq2pfvg405ap28i4bnkuo4aekpg2@4ax.com...
> >> I'd like to know if anybody knows of any free online reverse
> >> cellphone # lookup sites which will tell you the company who
> >> owns the phone number.
> >>
> >> Given that number portability is now widely used, I understand
> >> it may not be too reliable.
> >>
> > This should give you the name of the telco who has the number:
> > http://www.fonefinder.net/index.php
> > You can't get the subscriber name for a cellphone number (yet).
> >
> >
>
>

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In article <cqhbfn$9la@library1.airnews.net>, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten>
wrote:

> N Hamilton wrote:
>
> > Interesting. It shows my 919 607 number as owned by GTE mobile net and when
> > I click on that link it goes to Verizon web page. Bu my
> > carrier is Cingular.
> >
>
>
> Not all numbers in the 919-607-xxxx range are owned by GTE, some are
> owned by other carriers, including Cingular. You'll need to provide at
> least one more digit 1xxx or 2xxx, etc to get the precision you're
> expecting.

And now with number porting it could belong to anyone. ATT has a look
up form which I posted a minute ago to this thread, the data is
presumably from the DBs maintained for that purpose. it shows my number
as belonging to t-mobile, I ported from ATT a couple months ago.

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Yes, the ATTWS site is defenitely seemingly more precise than the
other databases. Thanks for the post Steve.


On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:25:45 GMT, steve <reply@news.group> wrote:
>
>And now with number porting it could belong to anyone. ATT has a look
>up form which I posted a minute ago to this thread, the data is
>presumably from the DBs maintained for that purpose. it shows my number
>as belonging to t-mobile, I ported from ATT a couple months ago.

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L David Matheny wrote:
> "M. D. Borca" <marius@deuteronomy.us> wrote in message news:h01ns0tq2pfvg405ap28i4bnkuo4aekpg2@4ax.com...
>
>>I'd like to know if anybody knows of any free online reverse
>>cellphone # lookup sites which will tell you the company who
>>owns the phone number.
>>
>>Given that number portability is now widely used, I understand
>>it may not be too reliable.
>>
>
> This should give you the name of the telco who has the number:

Unless the number was ported. Try 760-217. Shows as Verizon Wireless, but I
ported my Verizon phone to Sprint six months ago and still have my 760-217-xxxx
phone number.


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anytime, Marius.

In article <omios0drra81c39aci1q55mqgdgte1jl6g@4ax.com>, M. D. Borca
<marius@deuteronomy.us> wrote:

> Yes, the ATTWS site is defenitely seemingly more precise than the
> other databases. Thanks for the post Steve.
>
>
> On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:25:45 GMT, steve <reply@news.group> wrote:
> >
> >And now with number porting it could belong to anyone. ATT has a look
> >up form which I posted a minute ago to this thread, the data is
> >presumably from the DBs maintained for that purpose. it shows my number
> >as belonging to t-mobile, I ported from ATT a couple months ago.
>

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In message <1103949164.302230.277540@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> "Kev"
<KevinXKitchen@aol.com> wrote:

>Phone numbers are no longer issued in blocks of 10,000 as they once
>were where a whole prefix would belong to a single carrier. They are
>now issued in blocks of 1000 as needed by carriers and businesses. This
>was a mandate for number conservation because people complained about
>their area codes being constantly changed.

Thanks to overlays there is no need to change area codes even when
numbers are scarce.


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"Kev" <KevinXKitchen@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1104070203.741193.278490@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> That is true but actually most people complain even more about having
> to dial 10 digits which is mandatory with overlays. They wanted to do
> overlays in Illinois at one time and people hit the roof about the idea
> which is why you have Chicago sliced and diced into areas so small you
> cannot even see them on a national map (you can go less than 10 miles
> and pass through 3 area codes there).

> So now they have to dial ten or eleven digits ?

http://lookup-phone.com

Look up phone numbers to find the owner's name and address, and access to more detailed information about the owner. Look up cell phone numbers, residential and business phone numbers, 800 numbers, private and unlisted phone numbers.

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