Finding out what network a number belongs too.

N-I-C-KN-I-C-K Posts: 3,268
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I stumbled across a website ages ago, which told you which network a mobile phone number belongs too.

I've forgotten it, does anybody know of any sites like that.

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  • lee18xxlee18xx Posts: 2,971
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    http://mnnc.net/

    Hope this is what ya looking for
  • SystemSystem Posts: 2,096,970
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    This one does a similar thing:

    http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/section/tci/locator.shtml

    Alternatively, you can just review the full list here:

    http://www.ukphoneinfo.com/./search/Phones/oftel_cl_s7_code_77.html
  • N-I-C-KN-I-C-K Posts: 3,268
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    lee18xx wrote:
    http://mnnc.net/

    Hope this is what ya looking for

    Thats the one, cheers :)
  • That BlokeThat Bloke Posts: 6,352
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    Bear in mind that it only shows the network that the number was originally on, not the one it is on now (at least for mine it did)
  • BexTechBexTech Posts: 12,957
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    That Bloke wrote:
    Bear in mind that it only shows the network that the number was originally on, not the one it is on now (at least for mine it did)

    Yes, they only show the network the number was originally on, not what network it is now on. So they are pointless, and should not be relied upon.

    Note:

    Calling a mobile number from a landline you will be charged as per the original network.

    Calling a mobile number from a mobile you will be charged (deducted minutes) as per the network the mobile is now on.
  • crazyjimcrazyjim Posts: 10
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    BexTech wrote:
    Yes, they only show the network the number was originally on, not what network it is now on. So they are pointless, and should not be relied upon.

    Note:

    Calling a mobile number from a landline you will be charged as per the original network.

    Calling a mobile number from a mobile you will be charged (deducted minutes) as per the network the mobile is now on.

    That seams a bit unfair.
  • BexTechBexTech Posts: 12,957
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    crazyjim wrote:
    That seams a bit unfair.

    It was the way the system was set up when number portability came in.

    Landline providers at the moment have no way of knowing which network the number is now on, as the call is first routed to the existing provider.

    Mobile providers know which numbers are their own and in their database it knows where a number that once was theirs now points too, as the call first has to go through their system before been forwarded to the current provider.
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