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PiePlanter ..ineone.net>

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Posted: 2004-09-16 20:54:36

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Occasionally we miss a call and dont recognise the number retrieved on BT
1471. Is there an alternative to ringing them back to find out who called?
Ive scoured google - most sites will find a number based on name or
address, but dont offer the reverse service.

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sean

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Posted: 2004-09-16 21:00:37

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PiePlanter wrote:

> Occasionally we miss a call and dont recognise the number retrieved on BT
> 1471. Is there an alternative to ringing them back to find out who called?
> Ive scoured google - most sites will find a number based on name or
> address, but dont offer the reverse service.
>
>
>
>
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I was thinking about this, i wonder why you can not do a reverse look up in the

phonebook..............................

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poster

Post subject: Whos Calling?

Posted: 2004-09-16 21:58:38

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On 16 Sep 2004 in uk.telecom, PiePlanter wrote:

>Occasionally we miss a call and dont recognise the number retrieved on BT
>1471. Is there an alternative to ringing them back to find out who called?

Just consider it a wrong number and forget it. If they really want you they
will likely ring back, finding you in or leaving a message. The old saying
When you ring a wrong number, why is it never engaged ? is proven :-)

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Martin Jay

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Posted: 2004-09-16 22:01:32

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In message , PiePlanter
writes

>Occasionally we miss a call and dont recognise the number retrieved on BT
>1471. Is there an alternative to ringing them back to find out who called?

An answering machine or 1571? The caller will leave a message if its
important.
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Martin Jay

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sean

Post subject: Whos Calling?

Posted: 2004-09-16 22:10:41

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poster wrote:

> On 16 Sep 2004 in uk.telecom, PiePlanter wrote:
>
>
>>Occasionally we miss a call and dont recognise the number retrieved on BT
>>1471. Is there an alternative to ringing them back to find out who called?
>
>
> Just consider it a wrong number and forget it. If they really want you they
> will likely ring back, finding you in or leaving a message. The old saying
> When you ring a wrong number, why is it never engaged ? is proven :-)

Well, my aunt, who is not that clever was ringing a wrong number, dont know how

it happened but she ended up having her own number on the paper, not the
plumbers, so it was always engaged! She was phoning herself :P

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Mark BR

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Posted: 2004-09-16 22:41:14

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sean wrote in message
news:414a0145$0$20246$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...

> poster wrote:
> > On 16 Sep 2004 in uk.telecom, PiePlanter wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Occasionally we miss a call and dont recognise the number retrieved on
BT
> >>1471. Is there an alternative to ringing them back to find out who
called?
> >
> >
> > Just consider it a wrong number and forget it. If they really want you
they
> > will likely ring back, finding you in or leaving a message. The old
saying
> > When you ring a wrong number, why is it never engaged ? is proven
:-)
>
> Well, my aunt, who is not that clever was ringing a wrong number, dont
know how
> it happened but she ended up having her own number on the paper, not the
> plumbers, so it was always engaged! She was phoning herself :P

Good job she didnt have BT answer or she would have been leaving a message
for herself (and paying for the privilege)

Mark BR

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sean

Post subject: Whos Calling?

Posted: 2004-09-16 22:49:40

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Mark BR wrote:

> sean wrote in message
> news:414a0145$0$20246$cc9e4d1f@news-text.dial.pipex.com...
>
>>poster wrote:
>>
>>>On 16 Sep 2004 in uk.telecom, PiePlanter wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Occasionally we miss a call and dont recognise the number retrieved on
>
> BT
>
>>>>1471. Is there an alternative to ringing them back to find out who
>
> called?
>
>>>
>>>Just consider it a wrong number and forget it. If they really want you
>
> they
>
>>>will likely ring back, finding you in or leaving a message. The old
>
> saying
>
>>>When you ring a wrong number, why is it never engaged ? is proven
>
> :-)
>
>>Well, my aunt, who is not that clever was ringing a wrong number, dont
>
> know how
>
>>it happened but she ended up having her own number on the paper, not the
>>plumbers, so it was always engaged! She was phoning herself :P
>
>
> Good job she didnt have BT answer or she would have been leaving a message
> for herself (and paying for the privilege)
>
> Mark BR
>
>

HAHA, yeah, true

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Owain

Post subject: Whos Calling?

Posted: 2004-09-18 00:53:01

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sean wrote
| PiePlanter wrote:
| > Occasionally we miss a call and dont recognise the number retrieved
| > on BT 1471. Is there an alternative to ringing them back to find
| > out who called?
| > Ive scoured google - most sites will find a number based on name or
| > address, but dont offer the reverse service.
| I was thinking about this, i wonder why you can not do a reverse look
| up in the phonebook

If its a business number then a simple Google search for the number will
often produce it from websites of various trade directories.

Reverse number lookup based on telephone directory data is not permitted in
the UK.

Owain

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