Article 37480 of comp.dcom.telecom.tech: From: Joe Vallender Newsgroups: alt.dcom.telecom,alt.2600,comp.dcom.telecom.tech,alt.private.investigator Subject: Re: Questions about 800 numbers Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 09:56:41 -0800 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <34C393D9.300@sprintmail.com> References: <69ug9f$oqr$1@news.iastate.edu> Reply-To: javallender@sprintmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.133.99.36 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04C-SI300A01 (Win16; I) To: asbestos@iastate.edu Path: matra.meer.net!news.spies.com!news.sgi.com!eecs-usenet-02.mit.edu!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news.sprintisp.com!sprintisp!not-for-mail Xref: matra.meer.net alt.dcom.telecom:30058 alt.2600:274118 comp.dcom.telecom.tech:37480 alt.private.investigator:9383 Marshall A. Levin (levin@javanet.com) wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a couple of questions about 800 numbers: > > 1. Is there any reliable/easily accessable way to find out what carrier > "owns" a particular 800 number? > > 2. Is there any reliable/easily accessable way to find out what "real" > number a particular 800 number terminates on? > 1. Yes, Ameritech has an 800/888 RESPORG (Responsibe Organization) ID Service at 800-337-4194. It is an automated system where you key in the 800/888 number you are interested in and it reads back the responsible organization/owner and their contact number. 2. Not that I know of. You would have to go the customer who owns the 800/888 number and get it from them if they want to give it out. The RESPORG would know but I doubt they would give it to you. They translate the 800/888 number to a 10-digit number and then route the call accordingly. There is a 800/888 database lookup utility, but it is in the telco switches and used for testing the queries to the database(s) and it may or may not return the translated number, maybe only the owner/carrier.