Newsgroups: sci.electronicsPath: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!rochester!udel!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!churchill.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM!keithFrom: keith@churchill.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Keith.Boyd)Subject: Re: Need to find out number to a phone lineMessage-ID: <1993Apr20.132444.24737@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>Nntp-Posting-Host: churchill.columbiasc.ncr.comOrganization: NCR Corp., Columbia SCReferences: <20756.2bd16dea@ecs.umass.edu>Date: Tue, 20 Apr 93 13:24:44 GMTLines: 30In article <20756.2bd16dea@ecs.umass.edu> alee@ecs.umass.edu writes:>>Greetings!>      >        Situation:  I have a phone jack mounted on a wall.  I don't>                    know the number of the line.  And I don't want>                    to call up the operator to place a trace on it.>>        Question:   Is there a certain device out there that I can>                    use to find out the number to the line?>        Thanks for any response.>                                                    Al>>  Do you get a dial tone when you plug a phone into the jack??  If not,then the line is possibly disconnected from the nearest telco junctionbox. If you do get a dial tone, then surely the telco is sending a billfor the line to *someplace* or *somebody*. Are you sure that what youare doing is on the level. Sounds to me like you are just trying to get at somebody's unlisted number.  Fess up.Keith-- | Keith Boyd  (NCR- MCPD Cola.) |  Nothing could be finer than huntin' and   || 3325 Platt Springs Rd.        |    and fishin' in South Carolina! -Me-     | | West Cola., S.C. 29170 |   Go Gamecocks!   | keith.boyd@columbiasc.NCR.COM || Vp: 803-791-6419 or 6455    | From uunet: uunet!ncrcom!ncrcae!clodii!keith |