[133788] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT - NO (Non-Operational) Question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew Haninger)
Fri Dec 17 01:29:11 2010
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikfrwNa-tCUOYzNvHwZV8cdt8=oyEv5ewekpiS2@mail.gmail.com>
From: Andrew Haninger <ahaning@mindspring.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 01:28:47 -0500
To: Joe Blanchard <jbfixurpc@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Joe Blanchard <jbfixurpc@gmail.com> wrote:
> It appears there's really no easy way to determine the origin of a text
> sent to a cell...
>
For shortcodes, Neustar provided a list:
https://www.usshortcodes.com/csc/directory/directoryList.do?method=showDirectory&group=all
For regular cellular numbers, the Wireless Amber Alert site is popular
amongst MVNO (e.g. prepaid) users to find out so they can use the
email-to-text gateways:
http://www.wirelessamberalerts.com/
(You don't actually sign up, just enter the number and then it will tell you
the carrier.)
For landlines/VoIP/etc. Google should be able to tell you at least the
city/state. Though it's rare that you will get a text from a landline, it is
possible.
Andy
