What carrier controls your phone number ?

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thescreensavers

Diamond Member
Aug 3, 2005
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* Original Telephone Company Name: [ CELLCO PARTNERSHIP DBA VERIZON WIRELESS - FL ]
* Original Telephone Company Type: Wireless Carrier

* Telephone Number Owner's Current provider: [ VERIZON WIRELESS ]
* Telephone Number Owner's Caller*ID Lookup: [ Unlock Caller ID ]

* Telephone Number Owner's Estimated City: Jupiter
* Telephone Number Owner's Estimated Region: Florida
* Telephone Number Owner's Estimated Postal Code: 33478-6407

* Telephone Company Equipment Location Code: FTLAUDERDL

Owners estimated city is wrong and so is the zip lol.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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www.anyf.ca
My number is owned by the company I work for. At one point I even accessed the DMS directly for line testing. Interesting that that site even knows the equipment behind it (DMS100).

The postal code is wrong though but is in my region. It might be the CO's postal code.
 

middlehead

Diamond Member
Jul 11, 2004
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Estimated city is half right on my cellphone, that's where I lived when I first signed a contract, but I'm not there anymore.
 

Zugzwang152

Lifer
Oct 30, 2001
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1
0
For my cell, they got the original company, and current company right, city/zip is wrong.

For my work number, the original company was right, current company was wrong, and city/zip was wrong.
 

Perknose

Forum Director & Omnipotent Overlord
Forum Director
Oct 9, 1999
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What the HELL does the clickable "unlock caller ID" field (Ibolded it below) do? :shocked:

* Original Telephone Company Name: [ VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA, INC. ]
* Original Telephone Company Type: Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC)

* Telephone Number Owner's Current provider: [ VERIZON ]
* Telephone Number Owner's Caller*ID Lookup: [ Unlock Caller ID ]

* Telephone Number Owner's Estimated City: Plumsteadville
* Telephone Number Owner's Estimated Region: Pennsylvania
* Telephone Number Owner's Estimated Postal Code: 18949

* Telephone Company Equipment Code: PSVLPAPVRS0
* Telephone Company Equipment Type: WECO 5ESS REMOTE (5A RSM)
* Telephone Company Equipment Location Code: PLUMSTEDVL
 

DeviousTrap

Diamond Member
Jul 19, 2002
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Originally posted by: Perknose
What the HELL does the clickable "unlock caller ID" field (Ibolded it below) do? :shocked:

* Original Telephone Company Name: [ VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA, INC. ]
* Original Telephone Company Type: Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC)

* Telephone Number Owner's Current provider: [ VERIZON ]
* Telephone Number Owner's Caller*ID Lookup: [ Unlock Caller ID ]

* Telephone Number Owner's Estimated City: Plumsteadville
* Telephone Number Owner's Estimated Region: Pennsylvania
* Telephone Number Owner's Estimated Postal Code: 18949

* Telephone Company Equipment Code: PSVLPAPVRS0
* Telephone Company Equipment Type: WECO 5ESS REMOTE (5A RSM)
* Telephone Company Equipment Location Code: PLUMSTEDVL

Click, type in the captcha phrase, and it will tell you what the current caller ID is set to for that specific number.
 

nageov3t

Lifer
Feb 18, 2004
42,808
83
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original, verizon; current, sprint

nothing really surprising... got this cellphone # in 2003 after I graduated college and had verizon for 5 years before switching to sprint last year.

estimated city is wrong but only by about 10 miles.

also, 201 >>>>> all other area codes. I'm never dropping my number, I'm pretty sure 201 is all done for.
 

Perknose

Forum Director & Omnipotent Overlord
Forum Director
Oct 9, 1999
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10,424
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Originally posted by: DeviousTrap
Originally posted by: Perknose
What the HELL does the clickable "unlock caller ID" field (Ibolded it below) do? :shocked:

* Original Telephone Company Name: [ VERIZON PENNSYLVANIA, INC. ]
* Original Telephone Company Type: Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC)

* Telephone Number Owner's Current provider: [ VERIZON ]
* Telephone Number Owner's Caller*ID Lookup: [ Unlock Caller ID ]

* Telephone Number Owner's Estimated City: Plumsteadville
* Telephone Number Owner's Estimated Region: Pennsylvania
* Telephone Number Owner's Estimated Postal Code: 18949

* Telephone Company Equipment Code: PSVLPAPVRS0
* Telephone Company Equipment Type: WECO 5ESS REMOTE (5A RSM)
* Telephone Company Equipment Location Code: PLUMSTEDVL

Click, type in the captcha phrase, and it will tell you what the current caller ID is set to for that specific number.

Not what happened for me.