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| Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 19:05:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael <michael.muderick@gmail.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Online phone number lookups have changed
Message-ID: <83ea6d20-be0c-4b7a-a6a7-4153c3a015df@googlegroups.com>
On Friday, April 3, 2015 at 10:44:05 AM UTC-4, Bill Horne wrote:
[snip]
> Anywho.com wanted money to provide the phone number.
> So did 411.com.
> So did yp.com.
> I am left wondering if online lookups are no longer available without
> charge. If there's been some sea change I'm unaware of, I'd like to read
> about it. I'd especially like to know if this means Ma Bell will have to
> publish phone books again.
I think whitepages.com may still provide a free number. But you are
right, most of them do not anymore.
mm
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| Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2015 19:18:17 +0000 (UTC)
From: moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Online phone number lookups have changed
Message-ID: <mfpddp$tor$1@pcls7.std.com>
Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> writes:
>I have a relative who is a lawyer, and I tried to call her this morning.
>Anywho.com wanted money to provide the phone number.
>So did 411.com.
>So did yp.com.
I tried anywho and it went to yellowpages.com and gave me the number
of the person I entered. yp.com is also yellowpages.com.
411.com also worked.
Whitepages.com worked as well, with an output almost the same as what
411.com gave me, so 411.com and whitepages.com must be the same under
the hood.
Not sure why they all conspired against you...
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| Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 11:12:39 -0400
From: Gary <bogus-email@hotmail.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Online phone number lookups have changed
Message-ID: <mfmajl$nvs$1@dont-email.me>
On 4/3/2015 10:36 AM, Bill Horne wrote:
>
> Anywho.com wanted money to provide the phone number.
> So did 411.com.
> So did yp.com.
When anywho and other directories can't find a match, they serve up adds
for the paid services.
I just looked myself up on anywho.com. Using name and zip code did not
find me. Using name, zip and state did find me. I did a few more
searches for friends, and got the same results. Name and state got
results as well.
Did you include a state when searching?
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| Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:14:10 -0400
From: Retired <Retired@home.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Online phone number lookups have changed
Message-ID: <_JSdneQPzJvuRYPInZ2dnUU7-TmdnZ2d@giganews.com>
On 4/3/15 10:36 AM, Bill Horne wrote:
> I have a relative who is a lawyer, and I tried to call her this morning.
> Anywho.com wanted money to provide the phone number.
> So did 411.com.
> So did yp.com.
http://dexknows.whitepages.com/
seems to still give numbers for free.
Tried several out of state relatives, got numbers OK. Do have to click
a 2nd link.
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| Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2015 10:57:26 -0400
From: Bob K <SPAMpot@Rochester.RR.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Online phone number lookups have changed
Message-ID: <551EAA56.9020802@Rochester.RR.com>
On 4/3/2015 10:36 AM, Bill Horne wrote:
> I have a relative who is a lawyer, and I tried to call her this morning.
> Anywho.com wanted money to provide the phone number.
> So did 411.com.
> So did yp.com.
I just looked up my telephone number at 411.com. It gave me the correct
number, and no charge.
The local phoney company here also has available on line their directory
(as last published). Unfortunately, they have dropped out the names of
those who are using some other phone service provider.
Bob K
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| Date: 3 Apr 2015 15:15:01 -0000
From: "John Levine" <johnl@iecc.com>
To: telecomdigestsubmissions.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Re: Comcast rolling out 2 Gbps service to 18M homes
Message-ID: <20150403151501.7198.qmail@ary.lan>
In article <8dedb7e7-a0fa-4615-84c5-1c2bcdcdcfe6@googlegroups.com> you write:
>By Brian Santo, CED magazine, 04/02/2015
>
> Comcast will offer fiber to the home (FTTH) connectivity to the
> majority of its customers by the end of the year. Atlanta will be
> the first market for the service, Gigabit Pro, which will likely go
> head to head with Google Fiber.
Someone asked them what 1Gb symmetrical service will cost, and got an
answer of $8000/mo. Never mind.
R's,
John
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