OT - NO (Non-Operational) Question
Andrew Haninger
ahaning at mindspring.com
Fri Dec 17 06:28:47 UTC 2010
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Joe Blanchard <jbfixurpc at 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
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