[comp.dcom.telecom] 900 Service to Derive Owner Info From Phone Number

res@cis.ohio-state.edu> (06/24/91)

For your readers' information, the following was found in the June
17th issue of {U.S. News}, in an article describing "good" 900
numbers:

Telename
Match a phone number to its owner

(900) 884-1212

$1.50 first minute, 75 cents each additional

You know somebody's phone number but not the person's address or even
the ZIP code.  Or perhaps you pulled a phone number out of a
classified ad and would like to know the name of the person or
business to whom it belongs.  In cases like these, Telename operators
need only a few seconds to find a name and address from a database of
74 million personal and business numbers.  It's like an extended form
of Caller ID -- one that you use only when needed, to save money.  But
unlisted numbers are not included, and new numbers can take up to a
year to make their way into the database.  You can call on weekdays
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time).


Rob Stampfli, 614-864-9377, 
res@kd8wk.uucp (osu-cis!kd8wk!res), kd8wk@n8jyv.oh

KATH MULLHOLAND <K_MULLHOLAND@unhh.unh.edu> (06/25/91)

AHA!  The first of many services derived from the phone directories
that are now not subject to copyright!  

Kath Mullholand   U NH,  Durham, NH