Internet Tip # 6 - Cellular Phone Number Provider - find out if your friends # is free for you

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The nice thing about the following table of websites, is that they offer important information for free. Some of them will tell you if a friends cell number is in your cellular network and some of them will do a reverse phone look up.

From Cingular/AT & T:

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/mobile-to-mobile/lookup.jsp

The above web page from Cingular/AT&T lets you enter in your friends phone numbers and then it tells you if they are part of the Cingular cellular network or not.

From Verizon Wireless:

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/LNPControllerServlet?path=lnppromo1

The above web page from Verizon Wireless lets you enter in your friends phone numbers and then it tells you if they are part of the Verizon Wireless cellular network or not. (If the are IN)

The above web pages from the cellular companies are great services in my opinion. If you know of a similar service from other cellular providers then please email me at jeffsbaker@sbcglobal.net

From Intelius https://www.intelius.com/people-search-phone.html

Make and take a lot of calls from your cellular phone? This tool isn't as handy as it used to be because of number portability (you can now take your number from one cell provider to a new provider). But if you want to know if the phone number might be in your network, type it in at the above website.

The above website will tell you what carrier that number was originally sold to. If it is in your network you might be able to call this person without being charged.

The above web site is also useful if you didn't answer your phone because you didn't know who was calling. Type the number in at www.intelius.com and if it is a listed number it will tell you the name of the person or business or at at least the city and state.

From Addresses.com http://phonenumbers.addresses.com/phone.php

The above web page has a field under "Reverse Phone Lookup". If you enter a phone number there, it seems to have a better chance of finding out who owns the number then intelius.com does.

Who Called Us http://www.whocalled.us/

The phone is ringing and you do no recognize the number. The above site can help you figure out who is calling and what they want, especially if they are a telemarketer.

Find out which carrier a cell phone number belongs to: http://csharpcomputing.com/webapps/lookup.jsp        ALERT: This service is no longer free! They charge $89!

I don't know how this site does it. But so far it has found out the carrier and provider for each cell phone number I have typed into it. It asks for your email address but you do not have to type it in. It has correctly discovered the correct carrier for Sprint Nextel, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile USA phone numbers.

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1. Posted By: MP - - April 10, 2007, 5:57 am
800notes.com 800notes.com

One more resource that helps to find out who owns a phone number and how they are using it.

2. Posted By: Caroline - - October 4, 2007, 4:04 pm
Reverse Cell Phone Detective Site to help you find the owner of a cell phone number.... good but expensive


3. Posted By: Sean - - October 26, 2007, 4:51 pm
I've been using Who Owns This Phone Number.com to find information about cell phone numbers... any other suggestions?

4. Posted By: Terry - - December 2, 2007, 2:46 am
I found a site that claimed to give free reverse cell phone lookups @ freecellphonelookups.com - any experience with them?

5. Posted By: David - - December 24, 2007, 8:45 pm
I like www.phone-number-lookup.net there is a free map of the location of the cell phone number.