[HIDEK6]

I'm desperate.

[IamConservative]

Do you not get a bill for the number?

[IYAS9YAS]

If you have the area code and prefix, you should be able narrow it down to the carrier in the area for those numbers. In my area, all numbers are Qwest, unless they are cell phone numbers.

[JerseyHighlander]

AFAIK, CLECS buy blocks of new numbers, but once the customer purchases the rights to the number, the number is now fully transferable between phone service providers.

In short, whoever is billing you for the phone number is the company responsible for the number.

If however you’re question is about which phone carrier originally owned your phone number when it was first put into service... I’m not sure.

[hflynn]

Try www.fonerecords.com

[hflynn]

Try www.fonerecords.com

[ace2u_in_MD]

Who do you pay your bill to?

Something is not right here...

[poobear]

http://whocalled.us/

This will also tell you the carrier.

[davius]

callersearch.com. Enter the number and the returned data will show the carrier data and switch codes for the number. They will request a fee for more detailed information but what you need is listed as a confirming identifier prior to the more detailed search for which they charge. Good luck.

[Trust but Verify]

It sounds like you might have remote call forwarding. I would think you would get some sort of a bill for that unless mergers and acquisitions have resulted in you falling through the cracks. Who is the local telco that originally set this up for you?

[old curmudgeon]

Something is not right.

First, do you know for a fact that you are getting call forwarding from that number?

If so, why?

Who would have a number that you apparently do not have yourself?

If you do have it, it is easy to find out who the carrier is.

Further, your phone company is lying to you. You need to get someone who knows what he is talking about.

[Born to Conserve]

There was a phone in the woods near my neighborhood that was used to make long distance calls by hundreds of people over the years — at least ten years that I know of. The bills would have been in the many thousands of dollars per year. It had been some sort of railroad company phone, then the railroad was pulled up, but the phone was still there. Eventually it was vandalized, and the copper wires stolen.

That was in the 60s.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Is the number 867-5309?

[Randy Larsen]

Uh... the USS Nimitz?

[Fred]

goto http://fonefinder.net

You DO NOT need the full number to get the carrier because phone numbers are allocated in blocks of a thousand. fonefinder uses the prefix and the first 4 digits of the phone number (which is all that is needed) to obtain the carrier.

The row that is called telco type identifies the type of line it is.

goto http://fonefinder.net/helpfaq.html to get the full intel on the data.

I have used fonefinder for years as do all the call centers in the US including ATT, Verizon, Sprint, etc etc...